Old 08-12-2018, 04:51 PM
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Dee74
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Hi Hawking

I think what you're going through is completely normal.

Not a term I use, but I don't see any 'dry drunk' in you - just someone trying to come to terms with living sober after a decade or so of drinking.

I think sometimes those of us who've been there have a tendency to share as if we got sober and life got great.

It wasn't like that for me. Life continued to be hard for me - but I changed. The fly in the ointment there is it took a little longer than 20 days for that change to happen - but I do remember suddenly looking around and realising that the dark cynicism I used to have - and which I thought was fundamentally me - was gone.

I giess what I'm saying is = you might be exactly where you need to be right now - have patience. Think about the great suggestions here - and try not to worry - when you reduce it down all you really need to do is not raise that glass to your lips.

I think you got this

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