Beyond the Urge: A Practical Recovery Method for Process Addictions

By Project Recover LLC

What if the real struggle is not just the behavior, but the cycle behind it?

Beyond the Urge is a practical and compassionate guide for people seeking recovery from process addictions and compulsive behaviors. Whether the pattern involves gambling, shopping, pornography, gaming, scrolling, work, or other repetitive behaviors, this book helps readers understand what drives the cycle and how to begin changing it.

Built around the RISE Method, this book offers a clear four-step framework to support recovery:

Recognize harmful patterns
Interrupt automatic behaviors
Strengthen recovery tools and support
Evolve into a healthier life

Inside, readers will explore:

the hidden cycle of process addictionsthe emotional, mental, relational, and financial cost of the patternhow urges work and why they feel so strongpractical tools to interrupt compulsive behaviorsways to build structure, support, and healthier coping skillshow to respond to slips and setbacks without giving uphow to create a personal recovery plan for real life

With reflection questions, writing prompts, worksheets, and practical recovery guidance throughout, Beyond the Urge is designed to help readers move beyond shame and into honest, actionable change.

This book is for anyone who wants a simple, grounded, and hopeful path forward.

You are not your urge. You are not your pattern. Recovery is possible.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GZ33F5QY
• ISBN13: 9798258255099
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 82 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"