Justfor1

I have noticed that my mood swings have not improved that much in sobriety. One day I'm feeling as if I can take on the world and the next day think my life is hopeless. Thankfully, my sobriety from alcohol/drugs has not been quite as hard as my previous attempts. I started to see a new psych doctor who is thinking that I may be a bit bi-polar in addition to the depression. I been feeling pretty grateful lately that it is January in Chicago & I have a car and can now legally drive again. It 's been almost a decade since I drove because of 3 DUI's. I continue to attend 3-4 AA meetings a week. My life is much easier when I am sober. Thanks for reading.

desertsong

Mine haven't either! But I think it's entirely normal. There are some days when I wake up with a huge grin on my face and other days when I have myself a few pity parties. It's a process and it takes time. What keeps me going on the bad days is to remember that even my bad days sober are still better than my best days when I was drinking. It's just one day at a time, one foot in front of the other. I find that when I do something constructive on the bad days (i.e cleaning, errands, cooking a nice dinner for my family), I feel way better. Keeping my head busy is HUGE. If I'm really feeling low, I'll put out my journal and get it all out on paper. It helps a LOT. It's good that you are going to AA, and also good that you are able to drive again - that will open up lots of doors to you as far as things that can help occupy your time and your head.

Life IS easier when you're sober - just keep reminding yourself of that! Wishing you all the best.

justhadenough

Mine too. I have felt mostly great in the last 2 weeks. Today I feel dreadful-something happened which has really annoyed me and I just feel like I could cry. Its time like these I want a drink more than most. I won't drink but just feel so down. I'm annoyed as thought I would not feel as depressed as I did when drinking. Anyway, sorry rant over.

stubbs

I know what you are talking about when you mention "mood swings"I have to say I feel misearble most of the time when I am not drinking.I really hope this will pass,as I can not live life like this.But we just have to learn to take it day by day.sometimes hour by hour or even minute by minute.Stay strong,those unpleasant feelings WILL pass.

2granddaughters

My mood swings took quite a while to moderate, like trying to wrestle a bucking bronco !!

I heard a speaker a while ago say that he was told in the Recovery Home by a counselor "You are one sick puppy. It's going to take you 5 years to find your marbles and another 5 to learn how to play with them"

I have always leaned on the promise in the Big Book at the end of my sig. That's what kept me here for a long time in the early days.

Bob R.

ForeverDecember

Yep, my moods keep swinging from one end of the spectrum to the other. It got a bit better when I started taking multivitamins, but that might just be a placebo effect!