That is good to hear
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Congratulations on 5 months! I had this issue the first week or so after leaving the hospital. When I was feeling overwhelmed I tried some deep breathing, yoga style techniques to calm down. Also listened to some books on tape and things like that. Maybe some meditation and thinking about your emotions (happy or sad) and where they stem from?
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In my experience, the joy you feel is normal. And being happy and genuine and smiling ear to ear is something you can’t explain but you feel those feelings for a first time.
The negative emotions are normal and for so long I numbed and was absent in my life for so long and I’ve used for so long that I barely remember negative emotions. Now that I have to go through my trials and tribulations I can’t use my “solution” that I used for so long because I didn’t want to be in that moment. Which even though it hurts it’s important to feel.
It’s normal and 18 months later it’s still a trouble spot for me. But I have a solution that doesn’t require a mind altering or body shifting agent to change my feelings.
“Joy wouldn’t feel so good if it wasn’t for pain.”
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For me at that point it was just time to read sobriety books get some sleep try to be nice to other people involve myself and sober activities I mean I was sick I needed help and I got it thank God
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How are you today
The sicker i am the better i get... my experiences I had a lot of problems besides drinking I had no idea at some of the problems I had. I was Clueless