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Old 01-03-2011, 08:05 PM
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Isaiah
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Bizarre, isn't it? I was an emotional car crash even before I started drinking. Being thrown back into emotions again, without my drug to numb them, was a pretty big shock for me.

When I got sober I went straight into pretty intensive therapy. They relayed the same message people have said already: it's alright to have an emotion, they are signals that tell us about the world we're in. The only thing I wasn't required to do was experience them so sharply that they caused suffering or obsessing.

Something makes me mad now. I let myself feel mad, the trick is learning when it's the right time to let it go or bring it down a few notches. Not easy, but it's a skill that just takes practice.
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