Hi

I had them to I am afraid,but I believe its all part of the course, I am now 22 months sober and they are far and few between, it's just the old demon in us trying to be deceptive, just listen to your thinking mind it knows best

Stick with it and congrats on 72 days

Trickey

In sobriety, the good news is we get our feelings back, the bad news is we get our feelings back.
I'm glad you took the rest of the day off. Just chill out and this too shall pass. Your mind and body are all in topsy-turvy now; try to relax and go to a meeting tonight.

Just remember, you are withdrawing from alcohol, a very powerful substance. Withdrawal will play tremendous havoc with your physical and emotional health. That is why it is so important to get a sponsor, stay close to the fellowship, and get to as many meetings as possible.

If you are picking up chips for your landmarks in sobriety, then make sure that you carry your current one with you to remind you of what you have accomplished.

Last but not least remember that whatever emotion you are feeling today, will be gone by tomorrow morning. This too shall pass.

You're feelings are coming back. The feelings you stuffed when you were drinking. Alcoholics are very sensitive people.
It's good that you're crying. You're human, you have feelings. You probably have a lot of wounds to heal and you might not even be aware of them all. My sponsor tells me all the time. The more you cry, the more you heal...
You are just fine. keep going to meetings. It will get better. you're in my prayers

Way to make it through another day! Good job. There is nothing wrong with crying. Cry it up man... Good job writing about it on here too. Get your butt to a meeting:)

As per the other advice--it is part of you rebalancing your emotions to a more normal, healthy state. Most alkys have used drinking as a (very poor) coping mechanism in order to not deal with life. Take the alcohol away, all the shit in life we must deal with is still there, but now we can't go running like little babies to a bottle to blot out reality (I'm not slamming you there--that's a slam on me and how I used to dysfunctionally behave).
Now when you get pissed, sad, stressed, happy, etc., you will need to figure out how to react w/out drinking--you are having a fairly typical experience that is part of the normal recovery process. Hang tough. I'm not sure how long you drank, but even if it wasn't a long road to this point, it is not realistis to expect to rebalance yourself in less than three months. I have four years and still have my moments. But a lot less of them.
Remember too you really don't progress emotionally after you start alcoholic drinking--so a lot of us have some maturing to do....ie I started drinking at 17, and have been sober 4 years, so emotionally (on a good day!!) I can be expected to have the maturity of a 21 yo (even though I'm chronologically 40!!).
Good luck!!

we covered every feeling and emotion up with alcohol and when they hit they hit hard. It takes time to learn to deal with them and manage them. I had to pray and ask god to help me manage my emotions. Work the steps and it gets much better. It is very normal most all recovering alcoholics goes through this stage some early and some later. Keep up the good work and congrats on the 72 days.

Well when you drink it covers up all emotion's so when you get sober they come flooding back. It's normal and subsides the longer you are sober.