Originally Posted by
MLD51 
Our pleasure centers become damaged to the extent that that can literally be true - "normal" activities no longer bring pleasure. One lady at an AA meeting said it well - "my happy seems to be broken." It takes time to repair these broken pathways, but it does eventually happen. I can once again feel real feelings - good and bad. And I don't have to go running to the bottle to deal with them. My brain is healing.
Alcohol Induced Anhedonia is a real thing. I was loaded with it. I didn't know it for a long time, so I kept running back to the bottle thinking
I don't like how sober feels.
Problem was - I didn't actually know how sober felt because I wasn't sober long enough to get past the alcohol induced anhedonia.
I'm not a 12-stepper, but the AA crowd advocates
90 meetings in 90 days, and I think that's a damn good rule of thumb. Give yourself a chance to actually
feel what it's like to be sober.
If you haven't started yet, the best day to start your 90 days is today!