Life changes and everybody has a bit of a time adjusting, especailly
a break up of a long term relationship , a lost job and getting sick.
Thats enough to make anyone want to cralw into a cave and hide for
a while.
The thing about recovery is...nope i don't feel good all that the time
and I'm sure not going to be jumping for joy if I'm grieving over a lost
of someone and a lost job. It's OK to feel what I feel. It's not a dry
drunk...it's accepting life on life's terms. Our old behavior is to
numb out our feelings. My feelings arn't going to kill me...but drinking might.
It's actually a growing pains or adjusting to changes.
We resist changes becuase we gotten accustom or comfortable
to living a certain way. So yes in a way we will be detoxing from
our old ways of life.
Being a recoverying alcoholic is tough...especailly if you do it alone.
We all need love and support through tough times and a shoulder to
cry on during those times...we're humans first and foremost.
In a way doing it alone is white knuckling it, it's not a requirement.
It could be done..but why ??? why short change yourself.