There is no way to fortell, but there are ways for us to arm ourselves with the tools that help us react in a healthy way to the things that trigger us.  Before we can do that, we have to learn what triggers us.

I was triggered just last week as I drove the final two hours back to that sketchy town I used to live in.  I was really nervous.  I hadn't been back there in almost 15 years, and when I left that town to get clean I was a wretch of a drug addicted psychotic woman.

So, my brain told me, hey, pull over and have a few beers.  That'll calm ya down!

WRONG.

Had I not been working a diligent program of recovery from the get-go, I wouldn't have realized that my brain was trying to sabotage me, and I wouldn't have known how to respond to it.  I would've listened to it, probably.

Recovery is lifelong.  They say I'll always be an addict.  I don't know about that.  They're just words anyway.  What I do know is, I will always actively pursue recovery through personal growth.  If I do that, I'll be okay.  If I don't, I will cease to move forward.  I will get stuck again, and getting stuck is lethal for a person like me.