Originally Posted by
Anna 
I'm glad you joined us.
Have you read "Drinking: A Love Story" by Caroline Knapp? It's a memoir by a young, high-functioning alcoholic woman and her love affair with alcohol. It's the book that convinced me that if she could do it, I could do it.
This is an excellent book. I'm reading it myself.
Yes, I totally felt I was losing a good friend when I quit drinking. I was sad, lonely, mad, depressed, angry, all kind of emotions in regard to losing the booze. Booze was always there for me, thru the good and bad times. Was my crutch so to speak.
This is quite normal and it really will get better as time goes on and the feelings for it won't be so instense. They even had a daytox class on grief and loss as most addicts do go thru a grieving process when they quit their addiction. You aren't alone in how you are feeling.