I’m not planning on drinking but I’m at the vet about to have my two year old cat put down. This is the first time I have really considered it in three years.

Dude, imagine my surprise when I pop up a random video I’m interested in and see that urban pop Earthworm Jim in the background. Glad to see we both ended up in the same refuge.

One of the best tool I got from therapy was learning HALT. Hungry Angry Lonely Tired. These are all triggers and being in one or more of these states is often at the root of wanting to drink. For me, StopDrinking was a good way to head off the Lonely part of that lovely barber shop quartet. Just having the knowledge that HALT is a thing and stopping for a little introspection to see if I was under any of those states went a long way to helping me in the first year of my sobriety.

Hope this helps. You can do this. IWNDWYT.