abclimo wrote:
> Sober: Hi! You're not going insane, lol. So many of us self medicate
> with our addiction that when that finally clears out of our systems, and it
> takes much longer for it to clear out than you think it does, that we kind
> of have a chemical imbalance for a while, while our body adjusts to not
> having our "medication" to level out our moods. I sometimes feel
> like I have really bad PMS with how my moods flip around and it is scary,
> it makes you almost think "ok when will this stop now"? I find
> that writing helps me deal with some of the moodiness and with what I am
> feeling. It's a really cheap therapy, just the cost of some paper and a
> pen or pencil and sometimes in retrospect you can learn things you didn't
> realize you had going on. I write everyday and then sometimes I'll go back
> and read what I have written and I can sometimes find a common denominator
> that seems to be pushing my buttons the wrong direction.Hugs!
abclimo is right, we used to drink and drugs to level ourselves out and keep ourselves in a "state of bliss" no that you are sober, emotions that you experience can be more intense and seem strang, just hang in their and things do get better!