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Cravings, Lies & Dopamine: Interrupting the Thought Spiral and Reclaiming Your Power
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Series: Used to Survive, Book 4
Addiction & RecoveryCognitionGeneral Psychology
Publisher Price: $29.99
Publisher: Buildingblocs Publishing
Published: Apr 4 2026
Pages: 98
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.20 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Cravings aren't weakness. They're survival signals.
Cravings, Lies & Dopamine (Book 4 in the Used to Survive Series) exposes one of recovery's toughest truths: cravings don't vanish just because the substance is gone. They show up months, even years later, whispering lies like It's just once, I can handle it now, or Nobody will know.
This book is your playbook for cutting through the noise.
Instead of treating cravings as proof of failure, you'll learn to see them as echoes of survival wiring, waves that rise, peak, and fall. With real tools, lived experience, and clinical insight, you'll build strategies to outlast the urge without collapsing back into the spiral.
Inside you'll discover:
The Craving Lie Loop-how emotions spin into thoughts, justifications, and relapse, and how to interrupt it before it takes over.
The 90-Second Reset-science-backed urge surfing that proves cravings pass faster than you think.
The STOPLIGHT Method-Red, Yellow, and Green craving states, and what to do in each.
Anxiety, shame, and dopamine repair-the hidden forces that make cravings louder and how to quiet them.
Your Craving Kit-practical anchors (physical and emotional) to keep in your pocket, car, or desk when urges hit.
You'll also see real stories of people like Darren, Marisol, and Aleah, whose battles with cravings turned into breakthroughs and the small rituals that helped them stand when the wave hit hardest.
As always, the series blends voices: Uncle Aaron's raw lived experience, Nurse C's body-based health insights, and Dr. Jones' trauma-informed advisory, so you get tools for your mind, body, and story.
This isn't about willpower. It's about rewiring. Each time you survive a craving, you literally build new neural pathways for resilience.
Whether this is the first book you've picked up or the fourth in the Used to Survive journey, here's the bottom line:
A craving is not a command. It's a signal. It rises, it peaks, it passes. And when it does, you'll still be standing.
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