Originally Posted by doggonecarl

There may lie your problem. You think abstinence and recovery is the same thing.

I think approaching ones sobriety from "not drinking" framework implies that sobriety is a form of deprivation. That you are being kept, if even voluntarily, from something you enjoy.

Sobriety from a recovery framework is freedom. Something to be embraced. Living sober is a completely different mindset and the mind doesn't change overnight. Sobriety is also a skill...or at least it was for me, and I had to learn to navigate though life with a whole new set of coping skills.

I don't know if I answered your question. But if you felt great just a little while ago, you'll feel great again. You are in one of the many dips that make up early sobriety. You'll pull out, as long as you don't drink.