The sobering truth
I am new here. I have only been sober for 2 days and I do not know if it really counts as I have been given medications to manage my withdrawal symptoms. Intellectually I accept that I am an alcoholic/addict. The truth is I accepted this as a fact months ago. It is not hard to intellectually grasp that you are chemically dependent when you have to take vacation time from work because you are basically bed ridden with the "benzo flu" and the shakes. However, I am having a very difficult time grasping these facts emotionally. I am a well-educated, affluent young professional. I have a family, I do volunteer work, I have never had a brush with the law or any other trouble. No one would ever think I am an alcoholic or a drug addict. Yet I am both and I have no idea how I let this happen...
Sorry to be so verbose. Having a long kind of scary day.