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Old 07-17-2006, 02:01 AM
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c'est la vie
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Hi **** Ma,

I don't know how you feel about all the cliche's of AA but some are pretty useful. "This too shall pass" is really true. You won't be stuck with the sad or angry feelings forever. In may case, the feelings come and go MUCH quicker than before. When I was drinking it was constant. When I was trying to cut down, the feelings would last a while and go away when the alcohol got out of my system several days later. Now that I haven't drank in a quite a while, the sad or angry feelings still come but they dissipate pretty quickly.

I hope that you will be able to recognize that your emotions will still be a part of you, but they will loosen their stranglehold on you. The cravings follow the same pattern. Sometimes I feel like I could kill for a drink and have to really work to get past that feeling and other times it's just a fleeting moment. I'm hoping that soon all of the cravings will be fleeting and nearly noticable.
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