i messed up yesterday and have come to terms that i have to remove certain people from my life for good in order to get clean and stay clean.. i have no problem with this but it’s just so frustrating for me that a small trigger has me back at square one again 
what frustrates me the most is i’ve got clean and stayed clean for a year plus before and i know using is no good for me and i told myself i wouldn’t mess up and i did anyways just a trigger from being around someone
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Every day is a new day my friend. If you realize the the positive aspects of using are actually illusions then the triggers won't work anymore, from my experience.
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Each day presents a new opportunity. Try to be kind to yourself and start again! I believe in you!! Your future self needs you to be strong enough to forgive yourself today so you can move into tomorrow!
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never thought of it that way.. care to explain more? i’m interested hearing anyone’s advice for this
For alcohol there is the illusion that it relieves stress, which we get from TV and movies, even novels. The fact is that the feeling of relief is the placebo effect; the first cold beer doesn't get to the brain for at least 6 minutes, so it's not alcohol that causes that feeling. Alcohol does not actually relieve stress, rather it causes stress since our bodies have to process the poison out and try to balance hormones like dopamine.
The idea that a time was better because of a drug is an illusion; the time was good because of the activities and or people involved.
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thank you for this, i literally never considered this