After returning home from a lengthy rehab program, the last thing you want to do is return. Succeeding in sober living involves knowing your triggers and realizing that they can’t hurt you anymore.

During your rehab, you probably learned that triggers will happen, and you can fight them to stay sober and healthy. Knowing your relapse triggers and how to avoid them will help prevent a relapse, unlike the 40 to 60 percent of people who do experience a problem. These five common triggers often cause relapse and put people back in rehab.

1. Negative Emotions

Many people end up becoming addicts because they struggled with negative emotions. Life is full of negative emotions, and rehab hopefully taught you how to manage them rather than letting them control you. If you know your negative emotions could drive you to use again, it’s important to meet with your treatment provider to discuss what is triggering you.

2. Positive Emotions

Some people also become triggered by positive emotions. When good things happen, it’s time to celebrate, and celebrations often include drugs or alcohol. Internal triggers like emotions can drive people to return to their bad habits, even if you normally feel like you are in control.

With positive and negative emotions, you might feel like you deserve the joy that comes from your favorite substance. Internal triggers can’t be avoided, because they are a part of you, which is different from the external triggers you can leave or avoid.

3. Situations

Certain situations can drive people to return to their bad habits. Maybe your co-workers go to a bar after work on Fridays, and you want to enjoy their company. Walking into a bar can be a triggering situation, especially if you have positive or negative emotions happening.

If you know that a certain situation could trigger your desire to use drugs or alcohol, you can avoid the situation by not entering into it. Some situations are unavoidable, so prepare yourself for them by working closely with your therapist.

4. Objects

Objects can trigger relapse. The common objects could be paraphernalia like empty pill bottles, the wine aisle at the grocery store, and dollar bills. As soon as you notice the objects trigger your desire to use, it’s time to call your treatment provider to talk about the problem.

You can’t avoid going to the grocery store, but you can learn to walk past that aisle while breathing techniques or other coping strategies. When you learn how to cope with triggering objects, you’ll find that you can manage the other triggers in your life.

5. People

Even if you do everything you can to avoid the people who trigger you, there is a chance that you could run into the people you drank or got high with. Your treatment provider can help you learn techniques to manage your thoughts when you run into people who trigger you. The best way to avoid feeling triggered is to have a plan so you know what to say and do.