Sooty,
9 months clean here. So same time frame?
I go places where booze is served. Parties and casinos etc. In all cases the anxiety before the event is the trigger for me. I get the crave before I go. That was always my thing. Drink before and then brink a flask...if my wife was driving...
Now i dont drink before and once I am there I do great. I tend to feel sorry for the drinkers because I know, and respect, what booze can do.
Everyone is different though. I always look around when I am out and notice how few people are drinking. Last night I noticed 3 people out of about 50 drinking.
I am not a BB reader these days. I have a hard copy and an online link. I have read parts of it before and enjoy how it relates to me in so many ways.
Alcohol is poison. Don't believe the hype.