How to deal with a habitual trigger?
How to deal with a habitual trigger?
Weekends are no problem for me. I love working at home and don't even think about drinking - I'm happy, unstressed and busy. As soon as Monday comes and I'm leaving work I always end up at the liquor store, and down the tubes goes the week! I even find myself planning the stop while I'm still at work - obviously it's a become a habit. How can I address both the pre-planning stage and actual action? I've tried "reprogramming" myself to make other stops on the way home instead, but it's like the ABC store is a gravity well
Create a habitual response.
Go home a different way and/or a different time.
Play the tape through and think about the consequences of a decision to drink.
Think about what you want the drink to do for you - relaxation, stress relief or whatever - and think of other, healthier ways to achieve the desired result.
Create a support network and use it. It might be AA or some other recovery group, it may be counselling...it may be SR.
Check out the Class of September support thread.
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...rt-1-a-14.html
You're not a slave to your desires. The part of you that wants to drink might want you to believe that but it's just not true.
Looks like you've been battling this for a while.
It's probably not going to be very pleasant - but it is entirely possible for you to not drink on Monday nght - or indeed any other night
This is a great link on making a recovery plan.
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...ery-plans.html
You can do it
D
Go home a different way and/or a different time.
Play the tape through and think about the consequences of a decision to drink.
Think about what you want the drink to do for you - relaxation, stress relief or whatever - and think of other, healthier ways to achieve the desired result.
Create a support network and use it. It might be AA or some other recovery group, it may be counselling...it may be SR.
Check out the Class of September support thread.
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...rt-1-a-14.html
You're not a slave to your desires. The part of you that wants to drink might want you to believe that but it's just not true.
Looks like you've been battling this for a while.
It's probably not going to be very pleasant - but it is entirely possible for you to not drink on Monday nght - or indeed any other night
This is a great link on making a recovery plan.
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...ery-plans.html
You can do it
D
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