"Normal" in early recovery???
Hi there,
I'm so happy to have found this forum. Just reading through some of the posts have made me feel much less alone on this journey.
Today is 40 days sober for me. It feels like a long time and it feels like no time.
A former insomniac (major), I find myself now falling asleep (not chemically induced) before 9pm and waking up (sometimes only once in the night!!!) at 5. I'm sooooo tired all the time!!!! What in the world??
My emotions are either non-existent or all over the place. I still am having a very hard time feeling anger.
I'm craving chocolate like crazy; during my many years of drinking, all I wanted was salty.
Step 4 feels like it's killing me.
I can't seem to stay in self-forgiveness or self-care.
All that to say, I'm assuming that all of this is "normal" in early recovery??
That is, my body, brain and spirit are going through a radical transformation and that's why everything is changing?
So many questions.
Thanks for reading.