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Old 12-22-2016, 04:25 PM
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NewRomanMan
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Originally Posted by Therorschach81 View Post
I've been sober for over 2 years now. Not one slip up, I don't even really want to drink now. However I feel completely dead inside. When I was drinking, I felt joy, rage, love, hell everything. Now, I don't feel much of anything. I just go through life completely dead inside. I was wondering if this is normal or if it's just me. Thanks.
I had a bit of that myself. Although mine was more of a basic anhedonia, but I've definitely had stretches where I feel dead inside as well, but they usually don't last very long. And to be honest with you, I prefer that feeling when it happens as opposed to the horrible out of whack all over roller coaster that early sobriety hit me with.
The human brain needs time to heal after we've saturated it with dopamine from all the booze we've ingested over the years. And let's face it, alcohol has a way of amplifying any emotion, good or bad to the Nth degree. Give yourself a bit more time. You're not abnormal, just going thru recovery growing pains.
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