Does anyone else have old forgotten drunken memories pop up in your head when you’re in a meeting as you gain more sobriety? It truly reminds me how sick I actually am. Thank my higher power that I am sober and I started doing the steps with a sponsor
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K I guess not
That's a 50 50 one. You know we all had some good times or we wouldn't have done it.
I get those memory pics pop up on my phone. Those definitely F with my head. I also get triggered by certain dates that bring back thoughts of what I was doing at that time. Seven plus months into sobriety and it still happens, but the intensity of my feelings are a lot less.
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Yea I’m not recollecting as exactly fun because I was really sick but some of it was fun. It’s mostly cringing and regrettable
I used to have a lot of active addiction memories invade my thoughts - so disturbing! A remedy I found was to pray it away. “God, please forgive me for (specific memory) - I was so sick. Please make this thought go away”. And POOF - like watching the smoke dissipate after blowing out a candle - the memory/thought goes away. I would do that routine as many times as necessary during the day as memories popped up. But the longer that I have stayed clean and sober, the memories are fewer and less frequent. 
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All the time - I’m horrified I behaved so badly when I was drinking
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I just noticed your message on this post of mine. I used to not even bother to look at the FB messages. Lol we seem to relate in many different areas
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I did in the beginning my first year.