Dr. Schwartz introduces what he calls the two As: anticipate and accept. To anticipate is to know that the compulsive drive to engage in addictive behavior will return. There is no final victory—every moment the urge is turned away is a triumph. What is certain is that with time the addictive drive will be drained of energy if you continue to apply the four steps and also take care of the internal and external environments in the ways suggested in these chapters. If there are times when it reappears with new force, there is no reason to be disappointed or shocked by that. And accept that the
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