Recovery · Recovery
Cross-Addiction Check
Squeezing one addiction and watching the water balloon
The same neurocircuitry runs many behaviors. Getting sober from alcohol doesn't confer immunity to food, sex, gambling, shopping, or screens — often the opposite in the first year.
Rate each area 0 (not an issue) → 5 (out of control)
- Food (restriction, binge, sugar)
- Sex / porn / hookups
- Gambling / trading
- Shopping / debt
- Screens / phone / gaming
- Work / overworking
- Exercise
- Caffeine / nicotine
What has ramped up since I got sober from my primary
One area I want to watch — and how (limits, tracking, support)
Watch the water balloon
Squeeze one addiction and the pressure looks for another opening. Naming it early keeps a substitution from becoming a second full-blown addiction.