Beat the triggers!

My city has been without water for 3 days. Normally, I would probably be drinking every evening to try to ease the stress of the situation. We finally have water today (boil advisory til god knows when though) and I was thinking how drinking would have made things worse. Imagine having a hangover and not being able to take a shower or having to conserve drinking water! I think I’m better for not drinking. And there were triggers all over social media, people posting and joking about how you should drink beer since there’s no water.

Another trigger was being first on scene to a bad car wreck (someone crashed into our yard and into our neighbors house in the middle of the night). The guy was methed out or extremely drunk and I had a very scary interaction with him and had to run into my neighbors house for safety (I’m a 31F). It took two full hours for the adrenaline to wear off and I could go back to sleep. If I had alcohol in the house I would 100% be drinking to try to forget about the situation. I’m still shaken up from it but I haven’t drank!

I’m definitely being challenged right now but I’m proud that I haven’t given in.