For the 2am moments

Craving. Right now.

Good. You opened this page instead. Urges feel permanent and they aren’t; they spike, crest, and break, usually inside five minutes. The technique below is called urge surfing and it’s the evidence-based move: don’t fight the wave, outlast it.

This passes

5:00

Breathe with the circle: in for 4, hold for 7, out for 8.

Most cravings crest and break inside five minutes. You don’t have to win the night, just this wave. Start the clock and breathe.

Still rough after the timer?

Post in r/leaves and say “craving hard right now.” Someone is always awake.
Join a Marijuana Anonymous online meeting. Free, anonymous, running around the clock somewhere on earth.
Leave the room the craving found you in. Different walls, different brain.
Eat something. Hungry reads as craving more often than you’d think.

If it’s darker than a craving

If you’re having thoughts of harming yourself, this page is the wrong tool and you deserve a person. Call or text 988 in the US, or 9-8-8 in Canada. Free, 24/7, real humans.