Urge Surfing & Substance Use Toolkit: Recovery & Regulation

Urge Surfing Technique, Substance Use Worksheet, Addiction Recovery, Sobriety Worksheet, Crisis Protocol, Addiction Aid, Mindfulness Scripts, emotional regulation

Using the metaphor of riding a wave like a surfer, these worksheets guide you to visualize the urge as a wave that has risen and will eventually subside. Waves come and go; similarly, urges rise and fall.

Urge surfing is a technique that can be used to avoid acting on any behavior that you want to reduce or stop. The idea behind urge surfing is to ride the wave of the urge, observing it without judgment, and allowing it to naturally subside. A person learns to ride it out, like a surfer riding a wave. After a short time, the urge will pass on its own.

These worksheets are ideal for changing impulsive behavior and negative coping strategies such as smoking, over-eating, substance use, spending, lashing out at someone, etc. Three scripted mindfulness-based practices are included Urge surfing is a mindfulness technique often used in the context of managing cravings, addictions, or impulsive behaviors.

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