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Why I Feel Like Drinking?

SO I have been searching for the answer to this question and can not find it ...What causes me to want a drink? I have been sober for more than 6 months. At first it was excruciatingly difficult, then it got easier, more like background noise than the piercing scream it was at first. Now it seems I have up and down days. these past couple I have had that piercing scream again. No real change in my work or home life, no new stresses. So why would it go from a back ground noise to the loud scream it is right now. What drives me to want a drink, why do I desire it so strongly.
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YOU can answer it more than me.
There are several categories/patterns for addiction.
BIpolar.... no impulse control on anything (doubt this is you).
Self-medication. Some people have a chemical imbalance (racing thoughts for example) that the alcohol's drug action as a sedative makes them feel more normal (maybe you).
And..... classic conditioning ... most common. Like a dog that zooms to the food dish when the can opener starts, people get used to triggers connected to drinks (external: bars, people, events. Internal: feelings of frustration or sadness or happiness). Mostly you.
There are obvious ways to address each (on personal follow up, I will go into DETAIL)
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Why I Feel Like Drinking?

YOU can answer it more than me. There are several categories/patterns for addiction. BIpolar.... no impulse control on anything (doubt this is you). Self-medication. Some people have a chemical imbalance (racing thoughts for example) that the alcohol s drug action as a sedative makes them feel more normal (maybe you). And..... classic conditioning ... most common. Like a dog that zooms to the food dish when the can opener starts, people get used to triggers connected to drinks (external: bars, people, events. Internal: feelings of frustration or sadness or happiness). Mostly you. There are obvious ways to address each (on personal follow up, I will go into DETAIL)