There's a saying in the rooms that once you get clean/sober, "the good news is you get your feelings back, the bad news is we get our feelings back". Like justanotherdrunk says, we used chemicals to mask or anaesthetise what we felt. It takes time to adjust and to be able to express our feelings appropriately...like learning to walk again. I don't always get it right either but do non addicts and alkies always get it right too? Working the Steps and my program has really helped but there's always something new to learn. Emotions - such a minefield.