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members. Why after 7 to 10 days when I'm super happy and feeling so good I'll randomly just

decide to have a drink or five and then regret it the next day. Like I'll randomly just decide to have a drink or a five

and then regret it the next day.

Like I'll wake up and be totally fine

and not think about alcohol,

but that night happens and I'm just like,

oh, one day will be fine.

And then the next five days after I'm so depressed

and it's just such a vicious cycle.

Why I'm on the basics today and I feel way better than I have before so I'm hoping I don't ruin it this weekend

like I have the last three to four weeks.

So, Mickey, this is a phenomenal question. I have a few ways to think about this. Number

one is it is very interesting how the brain works. The brain works in response to triggered situations, right? So for some people, that might be driving by the liquor store where they always get alcohol. For some people that might be cooking. Cooking was a big one for me. It was like I just, you know, I was cooking I was going to drink something.

Gonna be pouring my glass of wine. For some people, you know, it could be just getting off work or having happy hour with your

colleagues whatever the case is it sounds like for you feeling good might actually be a trigger

so feeling you said you said you'll be super happy, feeling so good, and then randomly just decide to have a drink. And so that might

actually be a trigger. You know that it's a trigger when you kind of go into autopilot. When you really go into

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