Triggers in recovery: How Do triggers Affect You? I'm in trouble! :
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- Опубліковано 22 бер 2023
- There will be triggers in recovery! It doesn't matter how long you've been sober. You will experience triggers. I bought a 2023 Ford Ranger without telling my wife! I thought up excuses, justifications, and guess what..? My wife hasn't spoken 2 words to me, and in my active alcoholism that would've triggered me immediately to go get drunk! Today, I'm living sober, and I have the choice not to drink over it and to deal with my triggers in a healthy manner.
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I'm going on a year without alcohol. Yes there are triggers but it's mainly nostalgia that makes me want to drink. It seemed like a better time relative to life now. Odd but true.
You're awesome,dude!
we had same conversation like that ...we driving along and i did not even know he is still drinking he comes out and says when we get to US he is getting himself a new truck....and i went how can we afford a truck i was looking at second hand vehicle.....he kicked off.....and when we got home he had changed his mind ....that was crazy conversation. so thats thinking of a addict....its was crazy...mmmm thanks. more insight.
I'm sober 7 years too
I applaud your efforts to help all of these folks. I've seen some really nice comments in your videos, seems like you have a good community. Maybe you or some of your community members can help me. One of my best friends of nearly 20 years is a recovering alcoholic. I want to continue to be his friend but I don't know how to act. He's tried to get sober before and I said the wrong thing and he got the impression that I wasn't being supportive and we didn't talk for years. We've become friends again almost a year ago and he's recently trying to get sober again. I really don't want to blow it again. Any tips on how to act? Can I still invite him to social gatherings where there'll be alcohol or should I not invite him? I don't want him to feel left out but I also don't want to trigger him. Should I not even talk about alcohol in his presence? I don't want him to catch on to the fact that I feel a little awkward about the situation then he might feel like a burden. It's a strange situation when someone you've known for that long turns out to be an alcoholic, he was very good at hiding it. We were even roommates for a couple years and I didn't know he was an alcoholic while I was living with him. We were drinking buddies and we partied a lot. Now somewhat recently he's trying to get sober. It's like you know someone for almost 20 years and you're used to acting a certain way around him, then suddenly they're an alcoholic and trying to get sober and you feel like you're walking on eggshells. Now I feel like I don't know how to act around him. I understand that he's been an alcoholic for years but I mean that suddenly to me he's an alcoholic, he was just either hiding it or claiming that it was under control. It's new to me and I don't know how to act now. Any ideas?
Hiya, Wayne! New sub here. I'm an alcoholic with 2 1/2 years in recovery. I am ALWAYS ready and willing to hear more and more of why I don't drink anymore. I think I have subbed to every sober channel on youtube by now. I can't always get to a meeting, but I can watch sober videos anytime! As far as triggers go, I have been handling those pretty well, I think. Sure, I get angry, sad, etc on some days. Strange is how life seems to hurt less than it did when I was an active drinker. My cat died a year ago, and I was upset about that for about 2-3 days, but I didn't drink over it. In fact, I have, by now, trained my brain to avoid any thoughts I might have about drinking. The moment the thought arrives, I'm moving on to other thoughts, because if I let it sit there in my head, I'll do it. THANK YOU for being part of my sobriety, Wayne. PS: wives love foot massages, their fave foods made for them, someone else to do the dishes, and tea time on the back porch at sunset. 😇🤩
"Strange is how life seems to hurt less," a beautiful statement! I couldn't agree more. Thank you for being a part of 1Sober2Another and for sharing. I feel the same way in regard to tackling my life problems! When I drank over them, it did nothing but amplify whatever I was going through and never ended with the best solution. I'm thrilled for you and your recovery journey. Sometimes, just based out of my childhood modeling of my survival method.. I still have the first instinct to run from life when it gets rough. However, in my sobriety and recovery journey, I endure the uncomfortable silence and confrontation and work to find solutions that make sense or attempt to make repairs to the damage or hurt I cause as soon as possible! I appreciate your support, and I am here to support you in your journey as well. Thank you for the sound insight at the end. I'm certainly working on that.. I spent 13 years of our 20-year marriage in selflessness, and now I'm striving to put her and my family 1st.. even if my decision to buy a truck set that clock back a bit . ODAAT
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Sometimes…there doesn’t need to be triggers…sometimes the brain tells you what you’ve trained it to do…anyway…
Always insightful, that’s very true..it took several years to learn new thinking in my sobriety. I hope you guys are doing well! ODAAT
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Should have got a ranger raptor. You deserve it
Lol, after all is said and done it's all about the same price 😅
I think you need a drink to clear your head man
Not in the cards for me, my friend!