Originally Posted by
BrendaChenowyth 
I guess I thought that sobriety was the end to suffering somehow. That when I got alcohol out of the way, there'd be nothing left in my way.
FWIW, you're not the only one to feel that way.
I'm also one who thought that
sober = happy, healthy, safe. [and I think it's pretty common to feel that way.] I'll admit, it's still a bit of a shock every time something I see as negative happens in my life - or - in a friend's life. It's one of those dreaded "Life isn't fair" things.
What's been helping me alot is that I've been trying really, really hard to stop labeling things as good or bad and instead look at them as they just are. IDK if that makes sense? But it helps me to not fight so hard against the things that I wish weren't happening. 