So I myself deal with many triggers that make me want to drink,a lot of music,spending time with friends or going on any vacation,Just the other day my Fiance & I was driving around looking at Christmas Lights she was doing the driving nd for a split second in my mind just by being with her and having normal fun my brain tried to momentarily convene its self that it would be so much funner if I was drinking nd had a good buzz going,I did not drink cause I am starting to realize the tricks of addiction but at the same time itās hard to look at life without ya know ? Anyways stay strong and Iām curious if anybody can relate to this ! God Bless
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we just have to retrain our brains. its always a work in progress but gets easier as the days rack up. x
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For me itās boredom and lonliness. Stress and anxiety us also huge with 2 special needs kids. I am 121 days sober and trying to get through each day without losing it. Another trigger I didnāt think would bother me is all the Damn drinking commercials for the holidays.
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Thatās why Iām 45 days dry. My last relapse I woke up really happy and my brain said have a drink and be even happier, so I did and it made me feel shit, I now know I have absolutely nothing to gain from alcohol and will remember that feeling forever. I hate to say this but I think some people have got one more relapse in them until they truly realise what they want.
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Yes I understand that completely.
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Loneliness
Boredom
Emotional pain
Anger
But tbh I,l addict brain will give us any excuse to go use ,we just need to be stronger and louder than the voices in our subconscious.xx
Anger and resentment were my two triggers! Luckily, I have awesome coping skills and I can now forgive. After a year of sobriety I have learned how to deal with my issuesš
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To be honest, my ātriggersā could be just about any emotion out thereā¦whether it be sad, mad, happy, etc. I wanted to drink everyday that ends in Y 
But stress definitely made it that much worse.
Donāt give in to those feelings when they rear their ugly heads. I canāt tell you how many times Iād been having a perfectly enjoyable day when that feeling surfacesā¦like, āthis would be so much better with a drink or two!ā Bullshit. Itās funny how we conveniently forgot all the horrible shit that brought us to this placeā¦But Iāve had enough relapses to know where that āone or twoā will take me.
Give it time. It does get easier as you create new habits. Iām 5 months in and Iām finding that I donāt go to that place as much. It happens, donāt get me wrong, but I can easily push those feelings out with thoughts of what would actually happen if I picked up 
Anger. Boredom
Loneliness.
Other people drinking.
FB ads about drinking
Photos of friends drinking
People drinking on TV
ā¦ Iām pretty new to sobrietyā¦just over a monthā¦ I really have to avoid places or people with alchoholā¦ Iām just not strong enough yet. Hibernating a lot.
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Family
Family
Familyā¦
Yes those drinking commercials sure do appreciate them as well !