Been sober this time about 6 and a half months this time. Did 90 in 90 with AA and still doing meetings every week. Haven’t had hardly any cravings either UNTIL today. Decided to bring a Bluetooth speaker outside today while doing some yard work. I put on a jam mix I had of all my favorite music (Led Zepplin, New Order, STP, Kid Rock, Thompson Twins, Ministry, etc) and played it pretty loud for over an hour at least and MAN did it make me want to drink like bigtime!! There is no comparison! I did not realize until today how much music has been an influence in my life as a whole and just how much I have listened to it while drinking which was basically my entire life!! Glad I had the sense and willpower and His power not to follow through with it…but man was it powerful!!! Anyone else experience this?
Me too, putting some space between that music and me for a while
Yes. And I’m glad you mentioned it. Both the words, and the music can be triggering. I’m very careful about what I listen to.
I’m also get this music is a trigger aswell tbh I’ve avoided it for some time as I’m in early recovery thanks for bringing this thread up i thought i was weird getting triggerd by some music it evokes so many thoughts and feelings in me xx
For me it’s lyrics gloryfying use.
This song might be better suited for our time her and in the program. 
Hmm not to seem contrary, but music is my higher power. Listeningplaying and writing about this part of life’s journey. Music, curiosity and the love shared with family and friends have made these first six months and challenges of what lays ahead doable…For me…
Yes, theres one song that i used to listen every time i was doing my first line of coke before going out with friends. I cant listen to that song now without fantasizing about using it. It sucks because i love the song 
Music can be a huge trigger for me, it depends on my mood and which genre of music I am listening to at that moment. Music is my medicine in recovery, for every mood I have a different type of music. For example: When I had to do a job for a shit customer, listening to metal while driving to the next job can make me calm.
Edit: but when I listen to gabber, it makes me more mad.
Music has played a massive part in my life going back to before I even knew of the joys of mind altering substances.
The times I’d get stoned and listen to albums by Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin etc stoned. The 90’s when I was big into Rave music and E’s and coke.
When I got sober it did cross my mind that I would never do any of that again. And there have been times when ive listened to “Shine on you crazy diamond” and thought that a J would be nice.
But, that’s not me anymore!
As my love for music is older than any addiction, and as it is my rock, I’ve accepted that I need music more than I need any mind altering drug.
When I get the thought now, I just shrug it off, as I said, that’s not me anymore.
Ah yeah definitely. It’s a shame really. I was driving today and something came on the radio and my brain went “ping!” Instantly thought about drinking, and the summer time funnily enough 
Music is like that though, it can remind us of certain times in our lives, our children, partners, ex partners, SEASONS! 
I was watching something the other day about Gwenith Paltrows business and her team went away to Jamaica to get tripping on mushrooms so that they could ‘find’ themselves and heal. Fuck me I was seriously triggered watching that, and I was never really into mushrooms! It just reminded me of good times when I was young and with my friends I suppose. (That was the sort of thing we’d get up to occasionally) so sort of a nostalgia, and that’s ok, some of those days were really good and it’s ok to miss them. But also to remember that that was all in the past, I can smile and look back and who I was then but that’s not who I am now.
As long as we don’t act on that feeling we’re golden. 
Not directly but if you made me listen to the Thompson twins alcohol would likely be a strong possibility. 
Haha touché!
Music can totally be a trigger for picking up
It gets my adrenalin going which can excite me to the point of impolsive decions. I have about 2 full days sober but have been battleing addiction and mental health for about 10 years. I was 20 my first aa meeting even though i kinda had no option to go. Actually when i got into trouble with the law for the hundreth time at age 16 i was forsed to ‘‘observe’’ 1 for probation… Wow
Anyway music can cause cravings to lead to me picking up. Pretty baffaling stuff… dont mind me; im kinda just figuring this out as i write.
There are a lot of sober rappers. They can get pretty emotional. Im going to check more of them out.
Latley its been inrtrumental hip hop. I havnt really listened to my older using music. It was all classic rock except john lennon… John lennon kinda creeped me out years ago to be hounest lol
I’m already thirsty. Also there are 3 of them so which ones are the twins? This has given me an idea.!!!
Oh god @Dolse71 you actually did it!
I think the type of music might be key. I love me some country music, but it sure romanticizes drinking. When I’m not feeling very strong, I’ll avoid it for a while. I’m ok listening to the stuff you mentioned, but that more so reminds me of high school. I don’t know, I love music passionately, all types, but have been hitting podcasts lately. I’m babbling 
Hey yall, this has for SURE been a trigger for me too in my recovery. Porn addict here, and I’m a huge hip hop listener. Unfortunately for me, sex is often discussed from a blatantly disrespectful and explicit way from a male perspective – which, in that way, runs parallel with porn.
I kind of came into liking the whole world of rap and hip hop from drumming. I’ve been drumming for just over 10 years now, and it’s sort of core to my emotional expression. Sucks that a lot of rap can take a nose-dive into topics directly opposing my recovery.
What really pisses me off is when a rapper’s killing a verse, and then throws in some pornographic stuff out of no where. Kills it for me.
Rough too when lyricists who used to be great got eaten up by Hollywood’s “pornification of everything” as Rashida Jones puts it. All of a sudden, their verses were nothing but stereotypical LA-scene stuff. Bugs me because it doesn’t feel authentic to anyone’s experience, just fake.
I’ve been going back to a lot more rock and alternative stuff I used to listen to more when I was learning to drum. It sort of scratches another itch of rhythm for me.
Addiction is so ####### weird… 
Yesterday I was trying to listen to Pink Floyd while cleaning… I got completely pissed that I couldn’t… 
It ruined my entire day… Part of my intervention last night was gonna be to remove them from my playlist all together because of one song… 42 years I’ve been listening to Pink Floyd, was raised up with them and now I can’t do that anymore or I might fail… Well I’m not feeling like I’m gonna do that today after a few hours of extra needed rest and from seeing how other’s step up like that… Addiction has no right to stand between myself and Pink Floyd… I know good and well that band didn’t cause my addiction and won’t cause me to drink or use drugs… I’m gonna build a stronger me and skip just one song until I know that I can tolerate to listen to that “said” song (which will probably have to be today) because it’s just a song LOL… 
That is rehabilitation to myself back into what brings joy to me… I’m gonna apply that same theory to everything that pisses me off, brings me sadness or steals my sunshine… But I will also say that I almost drowned once but I’m still not afraid of water because I love to swim… Swim, I still do 
(my feelings right now but I’m no expert on anybody but me)… 
My thoughts exactly…
I believe he did…
Yupp. Roadhouse blues by the doors especially. I think alot of it has to with pavlovian theory. You would drink and listen to music and certain songs would just stick. And everytime you drink you would keep playing those songs. Therefore even when your sober just hearing it on the radio triggers the urge. Damn conditioning lol