Grocery store is a trigger for me
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Grocery store is a trigger for me
I would come home from shopping and unpack the groceries with wine. I white knuckled it through the store just now and got my ample behind home before I could be tempted with the cold aisle. Then I came here.
What are or were your triggers?
What are or were your triggers?
Some of my triggers: Self-doubt, being uncomfortable (too hot or too cold), snow, thunderstorms, accomplishment, Thursday night football, excitement, disappointment, and anger.
Grocery stores were also a trigger for me, but they were even worse on Fridays and Saturdays. They hand out samples of beer and wine out in my area on weekends in the aisles.
Grocery stores were also a trigger for me, but they were even worse on Fridays and Saturdays. They hand out samples of beer and wine out in my area on weekends in the aisles.
My triggers are things that make me sad, mad, nostalgic, and everything in between.
I remember when the stores in my area didn't have alcohol. Most of them do now because they say they can't compete without it. For awhile one local store would deliver along with your groceries.
I remember when the stores in my area didn't have alcohol. Most of them do now because they say they can't compete without it. For awhile one local store would deliver along with your groceries.
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I used to be triggered by sadness and upset but i've been more upset over the last week than in as long as I can remember. I'm proud that I worked through it all with clarity and presence rather than hiding behind wine and vodka.
Life goes on whether we are actively participating in it or not and I want to live my life not just exist.
Life goes on whether we are actively participating in it or not and I want to live my life not just exist.
Long days of work are a trigger. My neighbor popping a cold one while we're chatting on a warm afternoon triggers me. I just find ways to say no or find something else to do until the cravings pass. My neighbor and his friends keep telling me they feel sorry for me because I quit drinking, but they kind of look old and like crap for their ages, so that helps keep me sober....LOL.
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Seeing everyone from comfy, rich oldies to the new freshers at the university crowding the drinks aisles more than the veg, even at 11 in the morning! First time in my life I've seen the point of taking a list into the store. No lingering, straight in and out.
Depression was a trigger for me. I'd get upset and so wrapped up in my emotions that rather than dealing with it properly, I went out and made stupid decisions. I was a pretty infrequent social drinker until circumstances started affecting my life and I became depressed...then I made a dumb decision one day to go out and drink depressed, on an empty stomach, lacking sleep, etc. A shear recipe for disaster, luckily I only got arrested. It could've been worse, I could've been dead or did something to someone else.
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Depression was a trigger for me. I'd get upset and so wrapped up in my emotions that rather than dealing with it properly, I went out and made stupid decisions. I was a pretty infrequent social drinker until circumstances started affecting my life and I became depressed...then I made a dumb decision one day to go out and drink depressed, on an empty stomach, lacking sleep, etc. A shear recipe for disaster, luckily I only got arrested. It could've been worse, I could've been dead or did something to someone else.
Good job coming here instead.They don't sell alcohol at my grocery store but there's a bottle shop right next door, sometimes I feel compelled to walk in and buy something without any real warning.So I try not to go to the shops if I'm feeling at all shaky. Other than that my biggest trigger is being around other people who are drinking, or if i'm particularly anxious about something.
Coming home from a long day at work to my empty house is a trigger.
I'm trying my best to fill my time with things but walking through the front door after a long day just makes me want to pour a massive glass of wine!
I'm trying my best to fill my time with things but walking through the front door after a long day just makes me want to pour a massive glass of wine!
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The grocery store can be a trigger if I happen to walk down the beer aisle. Anger is a trigger for me, stress, boredom, social situations, sunny days...
I have more triggers than I knew about. I tend to romanticize (sp?) alcohol but toward the end of my drinking it wasn't fun anymore, I have to remember that.
Stay strong, I think there will always be some triggers. I try not to let them suck me in.
I have more triggers than I knew about. I tend to romanticize (sp?) alcohol but toward the end of my drinking it wasn't fun anymore, I have to remember that.
Stay strong, I think there will always be some triggers. I try not to let them suck me in.
The 'trigger' is addiction.
The triggers will always be triggers until we choose to be triggered no more.
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