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Hi - I'd like to share my experience on feeling empty in early sobrirety. When you say that you feel empty, that makes sense to me. When I was four months sober I did too, because alcohol was my best friend, and I was mourning the loss of that friend. Just starting to learn how to use the time, now that I wasn't in the process of getting hammered non-stop. And of course all the time and effort that went into drinking for me - hiding bottles, wetting the bed (I was *quite* the lady when I drank!) etc. My shrink said that it takes a long time, something like a year, once we get sober for our bodies and minds to heal from abusing alcohol. Give yourself time, and lots of it. It gets better.
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