Originally Posted by
SummerBee 
Jaynie, you sum me up perfectly. Functioning, joining all the dots, getting by but not LIVING. Well done on your success, such an inspiration to me. I want to LIVE now, not just EXIST. SB
I agree, Jaynie- so well said!!
My boyfriend (also in recovery) and I talk about emotional sobriety all the time. For me, it comes before physical because if I maintain it, the physical is naturally the consequence. I have a life I never would have imagined- literally, as in what I do and am, and figuratively as in how complete it is now- and will protect that wholeness at any cost.
Thanks for the original post SB!