How long does normal take?
About as long as a piece of string Fitz
Seriously - I'd never been an adult without being drunk or stoned - I had a lot of debris to clean up both in my life and my soul...it took me probably the first year to find 'normal' and then to feel comfortable there.
Obviously people's mileages vary, but we all have our journeys - we just have to keep walking forwards until we get there Fitz
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