Originally Posted by
johndelko408 
My sponsor tells me its natural that we do get emotional, after all we are no longer running and hiding from our emotions anymore but now we are facing them head on without taking a drink, hit or pill.
This is very true. Just yesterday I had a stressful hour or so (I have small kids and it can be very intense at times) and I wound up going in to my husband and going "See? NOW I want a beer or a Valium" . When I very rarely crave anything anymore. Normal stress doesn't make me 'go there' (emotionally) anymore. But I was aware of it and instead of seething I apologized to my son for being snappy, asked him to go play for a bit so I could finish my work and planned to take both kids out for a brownie when I was done.
I used to have to do that a lot. Like deliberately plan something emotionally healthy to make myself feel better. Multiple times a day. Mostly now it's automatic. But yesterday it felt good to make the right decision.