Originally Posted by
happyandfree 
Nothing bothered me when I drank...I tolerated most everything. In sobriety I am much more intolerant. I don't want anything hurtful or negative in my life. I just hope I don't go to far with it.
I can relate to this. I had to let go of an extremely stressful job just before I quit drinking. I went very low contact with the few family members I chose to keep in my life. I also don't tolerate as much (negative) from very close friends or my husband.
On the flip side, I can tolerate stress and even multiple stressors much better. I am able to juggle quite a few stressful undertakings now with relative ease.
So, it seems that in getting sober we begin to see clearly enough to eliminate the bad and increase the good. That's what seems to be going on.
I'd say it's a good thing.