Had a Craving/ Cant control THIS particular trigger!!

[troubleinohio]

I got a real surprise yesterday....last evening actually.....i got a bad craving! havent had one like that in a long while now. I was driving to the grocery store and it was just sleeting at the time..but on the way back home, it had turned to super super heavy snow. It was almost a white out, couldnt see where i was and it looked like giant snowballs falling from the sky and we even had thundersnow. I had forgotten how much THUNDER is a trigger for me. Sounds stupid, I know! But Im a major weather geek and I love thunderstorms so much (i used to chase and film them before i had kids and still do go out with the cam when a good one rolls through). I get a  real adrenaline rush when a thunderstorm comes and many a time i was high on Vicodin when it stormed, to help intensify the rush.  So when i heard the thunder, and the excitement of the heaviest snow Ive seen fall in a long time, it triggered a craving in me! ugh! I got through it ok though, but it has me worried because SPRING is supposedly here now, and we usually get a ton of severe storms March-Aug or so. I hope i dont get cravings every time. Is there anyway to avoid this? can i condition myself to it and get used to it?  I know a good rule of thumb in recovery is to avoid triggers, but i cant control the dammn weather LOL.

and btw we got a fresh 5" of new snow from this system! Im gonna go insane here!! sooooooo sick of snow!!!!! and do you have any idea how hard it is to sneak a smoke in these conditions?? how am i to go around the side of the house or barn now?? my footprints in teh snow will give me away LOL  

[allaboutmary]

House's in Florida are real cheap right now !  LOL   If you like sweating 24/7.

[troubleinohio]

JIM! lmao you are too funny. I swear i will forever associate you with chicken & dumplings!!  I wish I did have the stuff here to make it, or chicken noodle soup but had to work with what i had here- so we are having my homemade macaroni and cheese casserole. I just took it out of the oven just now. its slowly bubbling on the stove top cooling off before we can eat it lol.  I took a high dose of Vitamin C, and some Zinc supps and hope that will nip this cold in the bud. Its probably too late to do any good but Im gonna try anyhow lol.

btw- another complaint here about our stupid snow we got again. I HATE IT SO MUCH not just for the fact that its the billionth snowfall of the season but do you have any idea how many wet clothes 2 little boys can go through in a day by going out and playing in it??? OMG ive been up and down into the basement so many times today, hanging up wet snowsuits, coats, hats mittens, gloves, boots etc to dry!! Not to mention the socks. My washer is gonna go on strike from having to wash so much. its been going non stop today!    also, i had to run up to the gas station to get milk (my casserole takes 6 cups!!) and when i hit the brakes to stop, this enormous mountain of heavy wet snow slid off my roof, onto the windshield and i couldnt see a thing!! it was too heavy for the wipers to move and wipe it off! i had to get out in the middle of the road and clear my windshield LOL.    for the love of god where is spring???

[Avalancheblanche]

Oh....!!!! you need to have some of my 'avalancheblanche chicken soup'!  
I hope you dont get that nasty flu.  

Trouble, we have seen you go thru sooooo much!  I know you will find a way to make the thunder your friend again.   Maybe go outside and do a rain dance?  

You are doing so amazing.  Keep it up girl!

[PromisedLand]

can you still make chicken and dumplings? :-)


Hope you get better quick!

Jim

[troubleinohio]

thanks you guys! i think im quickly finding a natural way to quit smoking today...since i last posted this morning, my throat has gotten horribly sore, my lungs are wheezing like crazy, cant breathe, i ache all over, have chills-- Im sure Im catching a deathly cold here! UGH! just what i need! oh well at least i wont have much choice left about smoking, cant smoke when youre sick like that!

[poetrygirl1960]

Certain smells do it to me like patchouli, and if I listen to Pink Floyd too much.

[toxictome]

oh....i can relate ro thunderstorms...and I'm right above you, on the map, that is!!!!
(thank god we only got 2")  Big trigger for me...but i remember i once enjoyed them "Straight"...  i guess you need to focus on the thrill of the storm...and not the thrill of the buzz!!...as far as the sneaking a smoke......hang your head out the bathroom window like we did when we were kids....haha

[poetrygirl1960]

I hate those kind of triggers!  The ones you just can't escape.........I live in Indiana so I can attest to the weather your describing.  The important thing is you hung in there, next time maybe it won't be as hard, right?

[PromisedLand]

My big trigger is a warm summer evening, driving with the windows down on my pickup, my dog's head in my lap, music (usually Grateful Dead) blasting and waiting for that "buzz".  That's when I get the cravings.  At
this rate, however, I don't think we'll ever see spring or summer here (NH),so maybe I'll be OK

Jim

[cathy5841]

oh sweetie, i so understand the vraving.  and i agree avoid triggers if you can.  but you can not control life.  i do think everytime it thunders and you withstand the temptation to use it will get easier and eventually your addiction will learn it is not getting anywhere and will lleave you alone withthat trigger.  but there  will be others so keep your guard up. lol

[confused456]

Good luck, maybe you can call up Mother Nature and have a long chat!! LOL
Hope you get it figured out cuz cravings are awful!!! I feel for you!!
Good luck, and our snow never came! YEAH!!!!