Coaching practices for Urge Surfing Riding the Wave of a Craving When Starting Out
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- Every craving still feels like the first one, just as overwhelming as ever
- When a craving hits it feels like it’ll just keep building and building until I cave
- I keep finding myself already mid-snack or already typing the sharp reply, with no memory of deciding to
- When a craving hits it feels like it’ll just keep climbing forever until I give in
- The urge to bail hits like it’s non-negotiable, like I have to act on it right now
Practices that may help
- Urge Surfing: Riding the Wave of a Craving
Urge surfing means treating a craving like a wave — observing it rise, peak, and fall instead of either fighting it or acting on it. Drawn from Alan Marlatt’s mindfulness-based relapse prevention, it works because urges are time-limited and pass on their own when not fed. It is a well-established clinical technique for everyday cravings; for serious addiction, it belongs alongside professional support, not instead of it. - Build urge tolerance over time
Deliberately expose yourself to urges without acting on them — tolerance grows with repeated, successful riding.
Ride the Wave (Urge Management), Made Practical - Ride the wave to its peak and down
Watch the urge rise, crest, and fall without acting — like a wave you are surfing.
Urge Surfing: Riding the Wave of a Craving - Ride the Wave (Urge Management), Made Practical
"Riding the wave" is a mindfulness-based urge management technique: rather than acting on an urge or fighting it, you observe it as a rising and falling wave of physical sensation, without doing anything. Urges are time-limited; if not acted upon or fought, they peak and subside. The technique has observational support specifically in addiction contexts (urge surfing), and the underlying mechanism — that urges are temporary physiological events — is consistent with mindfulness and DBT research. - Notice the urge as it arises
Catch the craving early, the moment it starts, before it becomes an automatic action.
Urge Surfing: Riding the Wave of a Craving - Understand the anatomy of an urge
Learn that urges have a beginning, a peak, and an end — and that acting on or fighting them changes the arc.
Ride the Wave (Urge Management), Made Practical - Surf the urge to avoid instead of obeying it
Treat the avoidance impulse as a wave to observe and outlast, not a command to obey.
Embracing Discomfort: Turning Resistance Into Growth - Plan ahead for predictable triggers
Decide in advance how you will surf the urges you know are coming.
Urge Surfing: Riding the Wave of a Craving - Observe without obeying
Watch the urge fully — feel its pull, note its strength — without doing anything it demands.
Ride the Wave (Urge Management), Made Practical - Urge Surfing: Riding Out the Impulse Without Acting
Treat an urge to act impulsively like a wave — observe it rise and fall without being swept away.
The STOP Skill: A DBT Technique for Crisis Moments
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- Urge Surfing Riding The Wave Of A Craving As A Caregiver
Urge surfing means treating a craving like a wave — observing it rise, peak, and fall instead of either fighting it or acting on it. Drawn from Alan Marlatt’s mindfulness-based relapse prevention, it works because urges are time-limited and pass on their own when not fed. It is a well-established clinical technique for everyday cravings; for serious addiction, it belongs alongside professional support, not instead of it.
- Urge Surfing Addiction
Urge surfing means treating a craving like a wave — observing it rise, peak, and fall instead of either fighting it or acting on it. Drawn from Alan Marlatt’s mindfulness-based relapse prevention, it works because urges are time-limited and pass on their own when not fed. It is a well-established clinical technique for everyday cravings; for serious addiction, it belongs alongside professional support, not instead of it.
- Urge Surfing Cravings
Urge surfing means treating a craving like a wave — observing it rise, peak, and fall instead of either fighting it or acting on it. Drawn from Alan Marlatt’s mindfulness-based relapse prevention, it works because urges are time-limited and pass on their own when not fed. It is a well-established clinical technique for everyday cravings; for serious addiction, it belongs alongside professional support, not instead of it.
- Urge Surfing Riding The Wave Of A Craving After A Setback
Urge surfing means treating a craving like a wave — observing it rise, peak, and fall instead of either fighting it or acting on it. Drawn from Alan Marlatt’s mindfulness-based relapse prevention, it works because urges are time-limited and pass on their own when not fed. It is a well-established clinical technique for everyday cravings; for serious addiction, it belongs alongside professional support, not instead of it.
- Urge Surfing Riding The Wave Of A Craving For My Teenager
Urge surfing means treating a craving like a wave — observing it rise, peak, and fall instead of either fighting it or acting on it. Drawn from Alan Marlatt’s mindfulness-based relapse prevention, it works because urges are time-limited and pass on their own when not fed. It is a well-established clinical technique for everyday cravings; for serious addiction, it belongs alongside professional support, not instead of it.
- Ride The Urge
Track where the urge lives physically — in tension, heat, agitation — rather than engaging with the thought that wants you to act.
Locate the urge in your body
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