Good morning and welcome to Day 5.
I think that a lot of this comes down to fear and to how loud the negative voice inside our head is.
When I stopped drinking, my fear became greater and that voice became louder. I think because I was no longer drinking to destruction, it needed to convince me that I was certainly NOT OK.
It still astonishes me how we are wired -- to be mean to ourselves in ways we would not be too others.
But what I have come to believe is that if we just keep doing the next right thing, we will build resilience. But we need to do it in love, not fear. Not easy.
More coffee?