"Thud!"

A loud noise from the kitchen woke me up.

"Not this again," I put on my robe and sighed.

Sure enough, when I turned on the kitchen light, I found trash all over our wooden floor.

In front of the mess was Peanut, looking at me sheepishly.

About a month ago, my 1-year-old cat suddenly developed a special interest in our under-the-sink trash can.

Relentless, the little troublemaker would paw and paw and paw until a small opening let him crack open the cabinet door.

There was nothing I could do to stop him…

It took me a whole week of headaches before I discovered that a can of emptied cat food had fallen behind the trash can and rolled to the back of the cabinet…

He had been smelling the fish!

And he thought he would find a feast if he got behind the trash bin!

Many times, we only see the troubled behaviors.

What we don’t realize is that behind each behavior, troubled or not, there is often a logical reason.

My cat kept returning to the cabinet because he believed if he could get behind the trash bin, he would get a delicious treat.

Drinkers keep returning to the bottle because they believe they can find what they desire at the bottom of the bottle.

My friend, what do you hope to find at the bottom of that wine bottle?

Jeanette

P.S. Once I removed that emptied can, Peanut stopped trying to get inside that cabinet. Inside Sober Curiosity Lab, I show you how to remove your “emptied cat food cans”.