Overview
Abstinence Assignment
This exercise was designed to help students experience some of the feelings/thoughts that addicted individuals experience when they quit their drug or behavior of choice. This exercise requires that you give up a substance (e.g., nicotine, caffeine, or alcohol) or a behavior (e.g., eating sweets, playing video and computer games, watching television) for a period of 8 weeks. To complete this assignment:
- submit the weekly abstinence log of your experiences. This log describes your feelings and
reactions, especially focusing on times you “lapse” or experience cravings (minimum one page log per week).