Urge surfing

Urge surfing means staying with an urge as a wave instead of taking it as an order. The person notices where it shows up, names it, and lets it rise and change without immediately obeying it. Switchback uses the same practical frame in plain language: this feeling has a beginning, a middle, and an end; the job is to get through this wave without turning it into action.

See also

• Craving vs. urge
• Grounding
• Coping tool