Originally Posted by
TennantSmith 
I think sometimes my fear is that drinking showed me who I really was and sober me was a mask.
Quite the contrary. It is most certainly the other way around. For those who drank many years, they become so accustomed to the mask, that they forget who they really are. Then when the booze and mask are taken away, it's like "Who is this person in the mirror".
Just takes time and patience to fall in love with yourself again.