Habits
Breathing practices alongside addiction support
Breathing and grounding practices to explore alongside professional addiction support. The programme offers wellbeing exercises; it does not treat addiction or manage withdrawal.
- What you practise
- Guided breathing, physical grounding and imagery.
- Session length
- Sessions from 3 to 15 minutes
- How it is personalised
- AI selects and sequences prepared sessions using your mood, goals and feedback. It does not generate the session content.
Listen to the guided intro
Addiction, Step by Step
An urge can take up a great deal of attention. Talking about it may feel difficult, particularly if you have tried to change a pattern before. Support does not have to depend on managing everything yourself.
Soa offers a guided pause to discuss with the professionals helping you. It cannot treat addiction or manage withdrawal.
What this feels like
You might recognise the loop: the craving that arrives not as a thought but as a physical pull. The ritual that precedes the act. The brief window of relief, followed by the longer window of regret. The mounting isolation, the half truths, the shrinking world.
The particular exhaustion of fighting yourself every day. The way each relapse makes the next attempt feel more pointless. The loneliness of a struggle that most people around you don’t see, or don’t understand.
What you practise
Sessions invite attention to physical support, comfortable breathing and guided imagery. These are wellbeing practices, not a relapse-prevention protocol.
Explore them only when they fit your support plan. A session does not guarantee that a craving will ease or that you will not act on it.
This programme is for you if...
- You’re working on recovery and want additional body based support.
- You experience cravings that feel overwhelming and physical.
- You have difficulty sitting with discomfort without reaching for relief.
- You want to rebuild a sense of inner stability, one small step at a time.
- You’re ready to ask for help but not sure where to start.
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Riding the wave: a grounding breath for cravings
This is an introductory exercise, not a therapeutic dose. Choose a safe place, never while driving or in water. Keep breathing comfortable and skip any hold or count that does not suit you. Stop if uncomfortable or dizzy and return to normal breathing.
- Choose a comfortable, supported position somewhere safe to pause.
- Notice contact with the seat or floor. Let your shoulders rest without needing to change how you feel.
- Breathe in gently for four counts if comfortable, or keep your natural rhythm.
- You can pause briefly, up to four counts, only if comfortable. You can also breathe straight out without holding.
- Breathe out gently for 4 counts if comfortable, without forcing the lungs empty. Return to normal breathing whenever you wish.
- Notice how you feel without needing the urge to disappear. Return to the support and contacts in your care plan.
Common questions
Start this programme
Guided sessions from 3 to 15 minutes, at a pace that fits your day.
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Soa is a complementary wellbeing practice. It doesn’t replace medical treatment or psychotherapy.