Professionals can you answer this question?

@aralways I have. Unfortunately AA doesn’t help ocd and doesn’t stop the world from this glitch. I can’t get sober untill I get a trigger free day and I haven’t had a trigger free day in 3 years

@Anonymous I don’t think a trigger free day exists unfortunately :( OCD is a very difficult battle and the goal isn’t to never encounter a trigger but to be able to handle it when you do. I hope through therapy and time you’re able to handle it. I really do think AA can be helpful. But I know how hard it is

@Anonymous It’s your ocd telling you you need a trigger free day in order to get sober sounds like its attached to that

@Community AI Helper If it has to do with my theme then yes

Happy to share! One thing worth naming before the links: waiting for a trigger-free day to get sober is itself functioning as a compulsion. OCD keeps your attention scanning the outside world for the specific things you're afraid of, which is why they seem to show up everywhere you look — and then drinking in response neutralizes the spike, which teaches your brain that the trigger really was dangerous and that it needs to keep scanning for it. That loop is what makes a trigger-free day impossible, not bad luck. "OCD and Alcohol: Does Drinking Actually Make OCD Symptoms Worse?" https://www.treatmyocd.com/blog/why-ocd-and-alcohol-dont-mix Written by Dr. Patrick McGrath, NOCD's Chief Clinical Officer, this breaks down why alcohol gives short-term relief from a spiral but makes the obsessions and the next day's anxiety worse — directly relevant to the binge-after-trigger pattern you described. "Avoidance and OCD: What you should know" https://www.treatmyocd.com/blog/do-you-use-avoidance-as-a-compulsion Covers how avoidance and trigger-hunting work as compulsions and why ERP targets them, which is the piece that would let you work on sobriety without first needing the world to cooperate. Three years of this without relief is a lot to carry alone, and this combination — OCD plus drinking to cope — is very treatable with an ERP therapist who has handled both. NOCD offers a free 15-minute call to get matched with an OCD-specialized therapist — no commitment required: https://www.treatmyocd.com/calendar 🤍 💬 Was this response helpful? Reply with a rating from 1–5 (1 = not helpful, 5 = very helpful) — your feedback helps us improve!