The Eight Tools 1. Abstinence from any place, person, substance, or situation which triggers addictive urges. For food addicts, this requires a rigid food plan and accountability for it to someone else. For sex addicts, it means avoiding any people or media which stimulate.
Resentments are usually a precursor to stinking thinking and cravings usually follow.
This is the willingness to be available to others by telephone, in meetings, or in prayer and other forms of support. This keeps the person reminded where he would be in the moment but by the grace of God. 5. Journaling and Meditation. Disciplined prayer life with confession and writing on paper in diary form the honest condition of the heart. Finding someone who has the kind of recovery you want and asking them to guide you in working a 12 step program.