Seasonal triggers
Seasonal triggers
I'm three months sober & consider myself extremely lucky not to have been affected much with cravings up until now. I noticed, however, a couple of nights recently that I was getting really twitchy & thinking way more about drinking than at any time since I quit.
I finally figured out that I was craving red wine rather than beer, which is what I tended to switch to at the end of summer. We've had some really autumnal days here in the UK - darker, cooler evenings, leaves on the ground, etc. & these were triggering me differently to what I'd experienced up til now over the summer.
Now I know what's been triggering me I've been able to deal with it & they have passed
I've heard from a few people that the reason that a year's wait is recommended for various things - relationships, etc. - is because it gives you a chance to deal with a year's worth of events sober - holidays, seasons, etc. before adding anything else into the mix, so maybe there's something in it.
I finally figured out that I was craving red wine rather than beer, which is what I tended to switch to at the end of summer. We've had some really autumnal days here in the UK - darker, cooler evenings, leaves on the ground, etc. & these were triggering me differently to what I'd experienced up til now over the summer.
Now I know what's been triggering me I've been able to deal with it & they have passed
I've heard from a few people that the reason that a year's wait is recommended for various things - relationships, etc. - is because it gives you a chance to deal with a year's worth of events sober - holidays, seasons, etc. before adding anything else into the mix, so maybe there's something in it.
The change in seasons has always been a trigger for m e too. When the Fall/cooler weather hits as you mentioned, I think more often of that glass of wine then I did during the summer. I was never a big beer or summer drinker but bring on the Fall and Winter and look out! However.......I must say that nowadays a hot cup of really awesome coffee sounds MUCH better to me now on those colder days
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