

Triggers in Recovery
What are triggers? That's a term we often hear about in recovery circles and while we use the word quite liberally, do we ever take the time to really analyze what we're talking about? Simply put, a trigger is a stimulus that creates a response in us that can bring us back swiftly to addictive behavior. We may have stopped the behavior--alcohol, drugs, porn, gambling--but that doesn't mean the disease of addiction has left...it's still there, just waiting to pounce on us if w