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Old Mar 19, 2012, 02:27 AM
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Originally Posted by madisgram View Post
sounds like for now, j, that music is a trigger for you. a big trigger. my first year of sobriety i couldn't read books and i love reading. my drug of choice was scotch. everytime i picked up a book the main character was drinking scotch! it was very triggering to me. so i put down the books. with some time sober the trigger wasn't there and i could go back to my reading-steven king in particular. BTW he includes a drunk in all his books as a reminder of where he has been. he is drug and alcohol free for many years.
are you going to your meetings and talking about all this? it will help. no reason to drink now that you are on your way to recovery. no reason to go into that negative thinking. your being sober is a positive thing you have given yourself. push out the thought of regretting everything about yourself. you are well worth looking at all the good things about yourself. make a list "i am good, worthy person because.... "read it often in every day. i know you are of great value. others do too.
you are awesome kind madisgram!

so I'm not alone on that one....cool...(but sad) ..(but ok too).
it's amazing the triggers and the associations hey?
...how bout that hey?...I was a King fan as well, back in rehab years ago (go figure) I read all the books of his that I could find (had time cos I was there for 11 months). Needful things was my favourite. The Bachman books were good too and the 'chattering teeth short story' and others. I had the same problem not so long ago with 'Raymond Carver' short stories....brilliant writer but there was always drinking with the main character. Irresistable romantic element to the whole thing and a bender ensued!...
triggers....yep they are real for sure..

I'm plodding along yep...still struggling with the meetings and social
anxiety

thanks m
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madisgram
Thanks for this!
madisgram, roads