Cool post, effortjoy!
I made up conditions as I went, from day to day. There was always some reason it wasn't the right day. Relationships, work, mood. I literally used the weather as an excuse. It's sunny and warm—gotta have a beer on a day like today. Oh, it's rainy and dark—a night like this requires a glass of wine. Idiotic. Amazing how much more I enjoy sunny days and rainy nights sober.
That said, there are no conditions on my continued abstinence, either. Good times, bad times, it doesn't matter. At this point the old triggers are just reminders of how lucky I am to no longer see alcohol as something that makes me feel better, either in good times or in bad.