Returning home after a stay in an addiction treatment facility opens a whole new door to the challenges of staying sober. Anyone who struggles with addiction is back in their old settings, back in their old routines, and in danger of coming into contact with powerful triggers that cause overwhelming cravings.   Triggers and cravings are very common in recovery. Most people in drug rehab experience triggers and cravings, and they don’t mean that a person actually wants to use drugs, but are a normal response to withdrawing from a drug over a period of time. Triggers can include physical objects, such as drug paraphernalia; people, such as other drug addicts; and places, such as where a former addict used to meet their dealer. Situations can also be triggers. For example, receiving a paycheck or having money in one’s pocket can prompt someone to want to buy drugs. Even emotional states such as happiness, anxiousness, or loneliness can trigger a drug craving. And of course, events such as a breakup, layoff, death in the family, or other extremely stressful occurrences can trigger cravings.   Those in recovery and in addiction recovery programs experience triggers differently. For some, the clink of a glass may cause them to imagine the smell of alcohol. Others might get a headache or a knot in their stomach at a certain time of day when they used to shoot up or get drunk. Still others will…