Unexpected Trigger...
Unexpected Trigger...
Last night I couldn't find anything to watch on TV so I flipped to the music channels. I grew up on classic country music (Merle Haggard, Walon Jennings, George Jones etc!), and always enjoyed listening to the classic country channel.
Well, as soon as I started listening, I soon after started craving big time!!!!!!!! Kind of took me off guard and thank GOD I didn't have anything in the house to drink and no way of obtaining any!!!!
Never would have guessed that music could be a trigger! Although, when I was a kid, my dad drank heavily (he has been sober now for 40 years almost) and we always knew he was drinking if Hank Williams was blaring in the house. So maybe it isn't that shocking I guess.
Ugh....then I got in the car this morning and the radio starts cranking Johnny Paycheck! Oh give me a break....it was almost funny:-)
Well, as soon as I started listening, I soon after started craving big time!!!!!!!! Kind of took me off guard and thank GOD I didn't have anything in the house to drink and no way of obtaining any!!!!
Never would have guessed that music could be a trigger! Although, when I was a kid, my dad drank heavily (he has been sober now for 40 years almost) and we always knew he was drinking if Hank Williams was blaring in the house. So maybe it isn't that shocking I guess.
Ugh....then I got in the car this morning and the radio starts cranking Johnny Paycheck! Oh give me a break....it was almost funny:-)
As time goes on, you will again be able to listen to "Classic Country", roflmao Yes I got sober many years ago, but at a time when many stations were playing what is now called "Classic Country" and it took me to almost a year before I could again listen to my most favorite music.
Even went to an 'all day, all night concert" at 2 years sober, where many of the 'greats' of that time were there, ie Hank Williams, Jr, Willie Nelson, Merl Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Loretta Lynn, it was wonderful, fun filled, and we stayed sober.
So please don't fret, as when sober for a while, the songs again changed their meanings and my feelings about them.
What happened though is very understanding, as I used to 'listen', 'sing along' and DRINK all the time to just that music.
So hang in there, don't drink, work on yourself, and you will come to love sobriety!
Love and hugs,
Even went to an 'all day, all night concert" at 2 years sober, where many of the 'greats' of that time were there, ie Hank Williams, Jr, Willie Nelson, Merl Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Loretta Lynn, it was wonderful, fun filled, and we stayed sober.
So please don't fret, as when sober for a while, the songs again changed their meanings and my feelings about them.
What happened though is very understanding, as I used to 'listen', 'sing along' and DRINK all the time to just that music.
So hang in there, don't drink, work on yourself, and you will come to love sobriety!
Love and hugs,
Oh yes....I was always drinking when I listened to it too. My poor husband got to hate it I think. On a Saturday night he would want to watch a movie and I would be like....nope, it's a music night! You could tell if I had a big drinking night if my Facebook page was full of YouTube videos of Patsy Cline and Willie Nelson on Sunday morning! As if any of my friends were interested:-)
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Oh yes, music can definitely trigger me. I particularly couldn't listen to dance music for the first few months because it would lead me to fantasize about drinking. I can now run to it again and dance like a silly person in my living room
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Music still triggers me sometimes but there is one song I used to listen to while drinking and now, when I hear it, all it does is make me want to get/stay sober.
Maybe the songs that are triggers for you now can become inspiration in the future?
Maybe the songs that are triggers for you now can become inspiration in the future?
Totally! The only music I ever have on in the house anymore is occasional toddler tunes for my daughter. I get triggered when something changes my mood, and almost any music seems to do that to me. Even some little musical bits in my daughters tv shows can get me. Music is big time danger for me.
Last night I couldn't find anything to watch on TV so I flipped to the music channels. I grew up on classic country music (Merle Haggard, Walon Jennings, George Jones etc!), and always enjoyed listening to the classic country channel.
Well, as soon as I started listening, I soon after started craving big time!!!!!!!! Kind of took me off guard and thank GOD I didn't have anything in the house to drink and no way of obtaining any!!!!
Never would have guessed that music could be a trigger! Although, when I was a kid, my dad drank heavily (he has been sober now for 40 years almost) and we always knew he was drinking if Hank Williams was blaring in the house. So maybe it isn't that shocking I guess.
Ugh....then I got in the car this morning and the radio starts cranking Johnny Paycheck! Oh give me a break....it was almost funny:-)
Well, as soon as I started listening, I soon after started craving big time!!!!!!!! Kind of took me off guard and thank GOD I didn't have anything in the house to drink and no way of obtaining any!!!!
Never would have guessed that music could be a trigger! Although, when I was a kid, my dad drank heavily (he has been sober now for 40 years almost) and we always knew he was drinking if Hank Williams was blaring in the house. So maybe it isn't that shocking I guess.
Ugh....then I got in the car this morning and the radio starts cranking Johnny Paycheck! Oh give me a break....it was almost funny:-)
There stands the glass sung by conway twitty makes me want to drink. So does the king is gone by George Jones(RIP). I have to take a bresk from my favorite country music, so I have been blaring Bob Marley to keep a positive mindset.
No more Townes Van Zandt for a while either.
No more Townes Van Zandt for a while either.
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