The article proposes to consider the concept of the influence of triggers on the attraction to the use of psychoactive substances (PAS) and to gambling within the framework of cognitive-behavioral correction and after it. The principles of working with addicted clients within the framework of the rehabilitation process and after rehabilitation are described. Both chemical addicts and emotional gambling addicts are counted.

The essence of the issue under consideration is to express the degree of influence of triggers on the process of returning to use and the choice of methods aimed at leveling this influence, the use of which is necessary already at the stage of refusal to use. The article is an analysis of the results of studies carried out on the basis of rehabilitation centers in the city of Nur-Sultan, the Republic of Kazakhstan.