Originally Posted by
Carlotta 
Recovery does not mean that I have to become a different person. It means I need to start being myself again.
I love this. Before I realized my A was an A, several of our mutual friends apparently had made comments to my ex that I had 'changed.' I wasn't surprised to hear this because I knew something had changed, I just didn't know what. All I knew was that I was unhappy, irratable, and feeling like I was crazy. When I finally learned that I had simply been impacted by alcoholism, it was almost a relief to finally know what it was. It was also a relief to know I could find myself again.