I invested a long arduous process of time into training my mind and body to depend on alcohol and drugs to:
+Feel even better when things were going good.
+Calm my nerves when I was stressed.
etc, etc, etc
For me, the only thing that worked after a very long time of struggling was WORKING the 12 Steps of AA. From being on this website there are numerous paths that accomplish true Sobriety. TIME can be a Stone Cold Mutha, but at any uncomfortable point, we can turn back on the path of being absorbed by our addictions, or keep on the path.
RDBplus3 ... Happy, Joyous and FREE ... and I KNOW U can B 2