Originally Posted by
pascal 
#2
Only now that I am closing in 90 days am I starting to figure out everything alcohol took from me. I am surprised by the re-emergence of joy - I am the happy and content person I use to be. Alcohol opened my life to things that robbed me of happiness and made me into a selfish jerk when I was drunk.
I too was surprised by the re-emergence of joy - a deep and abiding joy. I definitely am becoming the person I really am and always was underneath the sea of wine.