I have been sober for 2 months here is what I have learned!
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Hard pill I had to swallow in the past two months is that people who drink to reach numbness deceive themselves. As long as you live, you can’t ever escape reality. Not really. You’re here, and you’re real. No matter how hard you try to push it away, reality always catches up to you. The harder you try to drown it in alcohol, the harder it’ll kick you when you’re not looking.
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the point of life is not to feel the “good emotions” exclusively. That’s paradise. The point of life is to feel in general. Humans are feeling beings. Pain, love, anger, joy, anxiety, excitement, jealousy, contentment — life is a crazy pit of emotions, and each one deserves to be felt—even the very worst ones.
It’s not always going to be easy that is for sure but keep trying and it can get easier