snow,
Let me add the science part. The lack of dopamine takes years to normalize.
Then having fun or passing time when I used to drink becomes the suffering.
It happens forever. For the rest of my life I will feel a bit of suffering every time I used to occasion based drink. For me, occasion became anything and everything, but especially the key trigger times.
That is the analysis that must defeat the emotions every time, for the rest of my life. I call it growing up. Other people call is steps or gratitude or roll the tape etc etc etc.
By any means necessary.
SR saved my life.
Thanks.