Originally Posted by
Jttx81 
And hopefully someone can level with me. Give it to me straight, doc...is this what sober life is?
I was sober for a year back in 2016 and can relate to everything you wrote. In my experience with sobriety, how you are feeling currently is not at all how sober life feels. It probably took a good 6 months to feel less irritated and less anxious. Around a year I felt so good and confident about my sobriety that I thought I could handle just one night of drinking. I've been drinking for the past 4 years now. Don't do what I did.
It will get better, I promise. Stay busy, stay positive and hang in there!