Agreed on the anhedonia affecting early recovery. So many, MANY times I was like "I didn't stop drinking just to feel like this" - - the whole idea of getting sober was to get back to living life to the fullest. Which is not a thing when you can't experience any satisfaction, joy, anticipation, etc - - I think that probably even people who don't experience the severe symptoms of PAWS like us do experience some level of anhedonia, which makes it awfully hard to stay sober when the world seems so flat and grey all the time. It does end! The first time I knew I was going to be ok was one day I cleaned and vacuumed out my car really well and felt that "job well done" satisfaction. It'll return!