Originally Posted by
misscostalot 
Is this what is known as AV?
Yep.
That's exactly what it is.
There is a loss... a grieving process... a transition of perspective that we must navigate in early sobriety.
It fades over time in its intensity. Then over more time it opens into something quite beautiful; your new, sober life that is built around joyfully experiencing your world without the need to drink.
It takes time and it takes changes and action. You will come to find that what you're "missing out" on is not missing out at all - but gaining.
Don't give in. Sit down and make a list of specific other things to do instead. ACTION.
