Originally Posted by
Curbed 
WOW- Thank you for shedding some light on this subject. I thought it was just me!! I have been in a fog for weeks now, it seems. I am still myself, but I just feel a BIT detached from reality. Difficult to explain, but I think you all know what I mean. Hard to believe that I felt ( mentally ) better when I was drinking all the time. How can that be? Oh well, onward and upward!
Yep, perfectly normal to feel this way. I couldn't put two sentences/thoughts together (especially in the first year). Alcohol/drugs were the social lubricant for me for so many years. Take that out of the equation and the brain needs time to re-adjust.