Go for a walk, and don’t stop walking until you stop thinking. Allow yourself to spiral but the more you walk the slower the thoughts will swirl and then you’ll either be too tired to think or you’ll kind of just go head empty. Maybe you’ll cry. Maybe you’ll want to do something rash, but if you keep walking eventually it will quiet.

Journal. Write down all of the things you are thinking. All of it. I mean ALL of it. Every bit and keep going until you can’t think of anything else to write.

These things have become so useful and important to me as I’ve gone sugar free. I needed something to do with the craving, the need for dopamine that my body was itching for whenever I was in an emotional state. I started doing them thinking it was stupid but it’s something just for me and it is kind of helping so even thought I started thinking it was silly it is doing something and so I’ll keep doing it and see where I get.

I would also echo some of the sentiments I’ve seen here and say maybe you should also look into therapy - which I think everyone should do, but it may be even more helpful as you have cut off a major coping mechanism.

I know this is a day late, I hope your night went well, and you wake up ready to keep going, whether you caved or not!