Originally Posted by
patrickt1 
I missed how quickly I bonded with new people and how outgoing I was.
If you bonded quickly and was outgoing when drunk, you can be that way sober. Alcohol isn't a magic potion. You weren't bonding or outgoing
because of alcohol. But you think you were, and that's holding you back.
Sobriety isn't a punishment.
Work to be the
type of person you want to be sober. He's in there.