My biggest triggers is stress and relapse is also stress
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The past. But the GREAT thing is that being sober allows me the control to file the past where it belongs.
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Biggest trigger for me is stress. It causes depressive drinking. Relapse gives me anxiety
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Stress and week-end related anxiety ! 
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Feeling really good! Especially when I close a deal or finish a project.
The cravings come hard then.
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Anxiety no doubt. I have anxiety and depression and would take depression over what anxiety does to me any day.
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All of the above plus happiness, content, love, basically every emotion you can think of can act as a trigger for me 
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All of the above. Its uncontrollable.
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Being awake😀 actually it would be work related stress!
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Right now my biggest trigger is Friday after work and long weekend days
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A, b, c, d, and e.
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Stress and Sadness, and Weekends 
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I find my biggest trigger is just wanting that extra enthusiasm during social events or even just rocking out to some tunes in my lonesome. Music is a huge trigger for me. But as good as I feel for the first hour or so after my first swig, I know its not worth the rest of my night being in a depressed slumber, being spiteful towards my friends, and wasting money I dont have to powder my nose. Im only 10 days in sobriety and unlike past struggles, this one feels good. Went away on a cottage trip with friends and had absolutely no desire to indulge. For the time being, I’m ahead of my triggers and feels great!
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That’s definitely a big one. I try to think of my emotional state come Monday morning after a weekend of binging and doing/saying reckless things when I get triggered during the weekend.
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As much as I love music, sadly, it is a tirgger for me as well. I liked jamming out to music by my lonesome and getting ripped. Guess we need to reprogram our brain in that department. Thanks for sharing.
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I can’t agree more.
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Aw, those evil delusions. How I loathe them.
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I’ll feel really good about something for a minute or two until my sneaky alcoholic mind tries to tell me to enhance that feeling by getting ripped and waking up emotionally and physically like hell the next morning.
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I will try that. For this Friday I made dinner reservations for right after I get home from work. I thought if I broke the habit of coming home to do nothing it may help. Next Friday I’m going to the movies right after work. I have what I call the witching hours- from 530 to 8 where I have the urge to drink and if I stay busy until 8 I am ok.
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Stress, boredom and social awkwardness