How can time be a trigger for behavioral addiction?

How can time be a trigger for behavioral addiction?

Marc Kern (Addiction Expert, Director of Addiction Alternatives) gives expert video advice on: How can time be a trigger for behavioral addiction?; Will I ever be cured of my behavioral addiction?; What skills do I need for a successful recovery from behavioral addiction? and more...

Time can be a trigger in at least two different ways. One is, when you're successful away from your addictive behavior for a long enough time, you're going to get a little confident. And a little, well, "there's no big deal, I haven't engaged in it in six months or a year and I can get a little optimistic" and a little it won't hurt you just do it once and go on the web and go look up some pornography no reason not to look, at all the time I have under my belt. Another way time can be a trigger is sort of like too much time where you have a Friday afternoon or a day off from work and you don't have anything planned and you go and engage in one of your addictive behaviors. Time is an extraordinarily important dimension in addiction and recovery. Many people speak of they started down the path of addiction because they had time and they were bored and why not and over time and they started to get associated and it built up and built up.