I'm a few weeks into sobriety, and experiencing anxiety that has me literally crawling out of my skin and bawling my fists to the point where I have cuts in my hands from my nails
Unfortunately I work in a very demanding job both in terms of mental focus and hours (I'm a lawyer) and I'm struggling to keep it together at work without the "relief" of drinking at night that I used to have. (Of course the relief would cause me more anxiety the next day and it went out of control which is why I'm sober in the first place, but for some reason my anxiety has gotten much worse since I stopped drinking).
On one hand I want to just take a leave of absence from work (though not sure how I'd explain that) until a few weeks pass and I'm over the early-sobriety period (is there one?), just like I would if I went to rehab. On another hand I need to learn to deal with working without drinking, and I also heard you're not supposed to make any major life changes in the first year of sobriety....
Thoughts?