Do you know your triggers? If so- how

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#1

Do you know your triggers? If so- how you best avoid them or handle them

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#2

The best advice I got from my sponsor when I was very early in sobriety was ā€œdonā€™t be where you donā€™t need to beā€. For me it was a situational trigger, campfires, golf, home remodelingā€¦ o just avoided those things until I had a better handle on being sober. And I always have a phone list on standby just in case.

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#3

Ty

#5

I donā€™t like that word..itā€™s triggering..lol..but seriously..itā€™s a word to loose..because all it is is an excuse

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#6

Iā€™ve been around the rooms for 13 years and this actually makes a lot of sense @tim138766

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#7

Thank youšŸ™šŸ»

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#8

I plan to add exercise. Iā€™ll look into 75 hard. Thank ušŸ˜€

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#9

Something I learned early on from an old timer thatā€™s no longer with us..ā€stop making excuses and do the workā€ he would say that all the time

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#10

I always make excuses and never finished my steps so yea thatā€™s accurate

#11

After 6 years of sobriety I find the old standard of lots of meetings and a strong sober network are critical. Everything for me can be a triggerā€¦.bad days, good days, beaches, my garage, etc. I just have to live in recovery with lots of meetings and a lot of phone numbers of sober people. It has become automatic to reach out to someone or my sponsor when Iā€™m not feeling right. Gets me through the moment, then the hour, then the day. Keep literature handy. Know that the next drink takes us right back to the pain that got us here in the first place.

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#12

Remember your the only one that can do it..find an old crusty dude thatā€™s been watching flounder around and ask him..he knows you pretty well, and youā€™ve probably missed him or heā€™s intimidating..thatā€™s the guy you go through the book with..also, if they donā€™t point you in the direction of the book they arenā€™t teaching AA..they are teaching treatment..and treatment is a business..what does a business need to succeed?

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#13

Yes money, I guess I havenā€™t actually wanted to do the work until now or I think I do. Itā€™s weird. I have too many thoughts. Lol @tim138766

#14

Collect your thoughts..pray the answers will come

#15

Thanks I lost my original network on my first stride when I had 7-8 years or soā€¦ definitely hard to get it back

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#16

Donā€™t worry about the past..this isnā€™t like anything youā€™ve done, or will do..stay in the present..I just buried an old friend who just had to have one last taste..and thatā€™s how it happens..if itā€™s not that serious..or you think you got another one..yeah you might, but thereā€™s always that chance that this could be it..this might be the time I donā€™t make it back..he struggled for 21 years..one time is all it took

#17

Sorry for your loss:. I appreciate your kind words tonight you helped me a lot

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#18

Someone was there for me..now maybe you can do the same for someone else..this is how it works..honestly I hate the word triggers..and I got a little triggered from it..but this is what WE do..trust the plan and donā€™t get off the bus till we get to Disneyland

#19

It can be anything for me. Relationships, things not going my way (haha), depression, rejection, boredom, loneliness. So, I MONITOR my reactions. Determine what I have control over and what I do not. Then I give what I can to God and then try to change my mindset and attitude about what's bothering me and reframe it. Definitely has taken years of practice and I'll keep at it. When I go back to negative thinking and reacting then it's a danger zone.

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#20

Drinking is your trigger. Youā€™ll come up with all kindsa reasons to pick up until you stop trying to identifyā€˜triggersā€™

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#21

I believe to acknowledge them and with a mindfulness meditation process them without judgement.

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