Euphoria
Euphoria
Hi all (I know I keep posting but I have a lot of questions!)
Had my first Saturday sober since about 7 years and I feel amazing, euphoric even. Went out with wife and little one and had a great day out in the sun.
My question, (and I think I know the answer) will this feeling disappear? Is it just a symptom of withdrawal?
Has anyone else experienced this feeling?
Had my first Saturday sober since about 7 years and I feel amazing, euphoric even. Went out with wife and little one and had a great day out in the sun.
My question, (and I think I know the answer) will this feeling disappear? Is it just a symptom of withdrawal?
Has anyone else experienced this feeling?
My emotions were a roller coaster in early sobriety. I was up one minute and down the next. Some days I was riding the pink cloud, other days a cloud of doom engulfed me. It will settle down with more sober time.
Sobriety doesn't create instant happiness, there's still gonna be ups and downs, because life still continues on!!
But in the good days make sure you're changing your routines, building up those Sober muscles and putting a few new tools in the toolbox for when life does throw a few curve balls!!
Keep pushing through!!
But in the good days make sure you're changing your routines, building up those Sober muscles and putting a few new tools in the toolbox for when life does throw a few curve balls!!
Keep pushing through!!
It's great that you feel great. Yes, but be careful of the pink cloud. Sometimes it's called the "flight into recovery". What can happen is your AV (addictive voice way down in the primitive part of your brain) may be whispering to you, "You're all right now. You just had a little too much to drink. Now just watch yourself in the future. It's O.K. to have just one glass of wine. The others at the party are having theirs. You deserve just one since you've been so brave." Later on it may say, "See nothing happened. From now on at parties you can drink if you have just one." and then later "You're pretty good at controlling yourself. If you stick to wine you'll be O.K." then "Well whiskey has the same alcoholic content as wine. So does Vodka. So it won't hurt if you have one Vodka." then "Well you're pretty good at Vodka..." The old slippery slope. It gets more slippery and steeper as time passes.
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I do feel a kind of euphoric-like joy and unity with everything around me at times, one year sober. But also some dark moments occasionally. None of these are frequent, and I experienced them in my whole life, even before my drinking problem, back to my childhood. I guess it's just my nature to have these moments/days. It's nothing like being on drugs or drunk, just natural feelings. But most of the time in sobriety, at least in the last several months, my moods have been quite even and stable.
Thanks Soberwolf (cool avatar BTW) My therapist taught me to picture my AV as a real person. I chose this producer that used to work with me who lied all the time. It really helps!
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Everything will get much more stable, but in the time being, enjoy the great feeling
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I like the idea of doing this. I might have to try it out as I've never heard of doing this with your AV. I still find I am trying to separate and distinguish my AV from myself a lot of the time. I have to try some visualization, read up on it and learn a simple form of it.
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