Originally Posted by
OddOneIn 
Waking up after essentially being in an alcoholic coma for however many years is both exciting and frightening.
It's like "Wow I made it all this way!" and then "Now what?". You don't really have to learn to walk again but you are using muscles that have atrophied.
Just take as long as you need.
Very well put, Odd.
Alcohol produced a major psychic change in me.
A part of recovery is reversing that change and supplementing my knowledge with life skills I never previously knew about.