I’ve decided I don’t know how to deal with any

Recovery
#1

I’ve decided I don’t know how to deal with any emotion but happy and that’s why I think I like to drink to numb every other emotion, is that just me? I feel like there’s something wrong there and I don’t know how to fix it…

#2

I feel the same way. Day 3 and I still can’t sleep right. I hope it gets easier for you.

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#3

No. When I sobered up I realized I had never developed the full range of emotions and had to basically form them as an adult. There's good stuff online on how to deal with stilted emotional development. Just don't join a cult!

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#4

Same! I can relate to you and what Chris said. I had to learn how to handle my emotions as an adult cause I never learned how to manage them when I was younger. :pray:

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#5

You too!!

#6

No cults lol

#7

You too, thank you!!

#8

How do you figure out how to deal though, that’s where I am struggling

#9

Give it some time. Nothing happens overnight.meetings

#10

Hey Maddie. I've done a lot of DBT and CBT therapy. It's about wrangling emotions.. There are decks of DBT and CBT cards available on Amazon. I know if sounds kind of hokey but you pull a card a day and it gives you something to work on. Eventually you start to do the stuff that works for you naturally. I can now deal with things that would have made me FLIP the F OUT seven months ago (that's when I got sober). It's not perfect and I'm not perfect but I don't think we can ever expect that and though I get that it's not a competition I can say by myself in a dark room that I am now more emotionally developed than some of the people I know who did not stunt their own development with addiction. So yeah, IN THEIR FACE!! Oh, did I say that out loud?

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