Hi chowchow
I am soon coming up on 4 years and my experience for the first couple of years was healing for my brain, my body and my spirit. I had a tough time, for sure.
Especially so, when I realised I had no buffer between me and my feelings once I stopped drowning them with alcohol.
Eventually, good feelings, actual authentic good feelings, made themselves known, too, and now I am thankful that I get to feel my full range of feelings and face them all with a clear heart.
Coming up on a year is so fantastic, it won't always feel like this.