Facing my feelings in recovery
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Facing my feelings in recovery
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dang.... I could have written this almost word-for-word except the part about sharing my recovery very openly on social media. Though, here in year three even that is something I am beginning to be more open with. I don't talk about specifics or details or background or much about recovery itself - but I do share more and more my decision to live life sober.
The first year was a real roller coaster. Tumultuous and challenging. A lot of sadness, a lot of fear and confusion and uncertainty.
Year 2 I began to realize that I have long lived with anxiety and a low-level depression. Especially during the dark winter months. Here in Year 3 as I work toward that 36 month milestone, I am on a pretty even keel but I see the vacillations of my life as a human; now stressed and anxious, now scared, now angry, now relaxed and joyful. My emotions have healthy outlets and I manage them better than ever before in my life. I still have a lot of growth to work through. My anxiety is rooted in patterns still. I see how trauma and sadness as a child and through my life has impacted the way I respond emotionally and mentally today. I'm committed to continue working on those things.
I believe it is a process, a journey, growth and becoming. Emotions are a gift of Being Human. Yet we need to learn how to accept and process and work with them as Human Beings.
Thanks for sharing Soberwolf.
The first year was a real roller coaster. Tumultuous and challenging. A lot of sadness, a lot of fear and confusion and uncertainty.
Year 2 I began to realize that I have long lived with anxiety and a low-level depression. Especially during the dark winter months. Here in Year 3 as I work toward that 36 month milestone, I am on a pretty even keel but I see the vacillations of my life as a human; now stressed and anxious, now scared, now angry, now relaxed and joyful. My emotions have healthy outlets and I manage them better than ever before in my life. I still have a lot of growth to work through. My anxiety is rooted in patterns still. I see how trauma and sadness as a child and through my life has impacted the way I respond emotionally and mentally today. I'm committed to continue working on those things.
I believe it is a process, a journey, growth and becoming. Emotions are a gift of Being Human. Yet we need to learn how to accept and process and work with them as Human Beings.
Thanks for sharing Soberwolf.
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