Practical tools for recognizing triggers, rehearsing coping responses, and choosing a recovery-supporting next step.
Download the free craving plan ↓Notice an early warning sign. Choose a first response and a backup. Identify someone you can contact and a safer place you can go. Keep your plan private and accessible.
Complete the free one-page sample with your counselor or support person. You may skip a prompt or pause at any time.
Fourteen unique pages in printable and fillable formats, including counselor guidance, individual and 90-minute group outlines, craving-pattern mapping, coping practice, reasons for change, values work, and homework.
Combines CBT-informed, DBT-informed, and ACT-informed exercises with MI-style reflection. Designed for adult substance-use recovery support.
The full toolkit's Etsy listing is being prepared. It is not available for purchase yet.
Browse current Etsy resources ↗A craving can make the next decision feel urgent. Planning ahead gives you actions to return to when thinking clearly feels harder.
Start with an early sign: a familiar route, an invitation, loneliness after work, or a thought about relief. You do not need to describe past substance use in detail to notice a pattern.
Choose a response that fits your situation, such as leaving a risky setting, contacting support, or starting a planned activity. Pick a backup because the first option may not always be available.
Connect that action to something you care about, such as dependability, health, or connection. You can take a recovery-supporting step while discomfort is still present.
Educational support only; not a medical or withdrawal-management plan, comprehensive DBT program, or treatment for a separate mental health disorder. Use within professional competence and scope. The toolkit has not been validated as a treatment protocol. Developed with AI-assisted drafting. For an immediate emergency in the U.S., call 911.
Further reading: NIAAA: How to Stop Alcohol Cravings ↗