Originally Posted by
Obladi 
Hi Gabe, I'm glad you're on the sober train again. Living with all of the self-hate stuff around drinking was torture for me.
One thing I really listened to this time around is advice to just relax and take things slowly. I gave myself a deadline of 3 weeks to start feeling better and it turns out that was too soon. I mean, I felt better physically after a few days, but having interest in anything aside from work is taking longer. I'm at 30 days now and finally last week I started coming around. Slowly. Turns out that "Take it Easy" is a good mantra.
I like the idea of the book.
O
Thanks O. I was thinking about what you said last night and I'm struggling with take it easy. I'm still really freaked out and in a 'offence is the best defence' kind of mode, but I do think you are right. It's slowing things down for me. Mind mind is in overdrive but meditation really helps. I'll get there but I just have to accept that this bit really sucks. Thanks again O xx