When we get clean & sober, we start to feel again. We tried to drown these feelings but they kept resurfacing.
What I have learned is that feelings are visitors of the heart. Welcome them. Each feeling comes to teach you something very specific. Be hospitable to these guests. They are only passing through. Unless you ignore them.
This detains them unnecessarily. You cannot get them to leave by ignoring them, avoiding them, or pretending they don't exist. They will stay until you attend to them. And when it comes time for them to leave, thank them for visiting.