200 days sober: Really Facing Yourself for the First time
Really Facing Yourself for the First time Warning: Awareness may come with pain. I've been completely sober for 200 days. The last 10 days have been the hardest since I entered recovery 4 years ago. I spent 20 years numbing pain and excusing behaviors I did not understand. I lived a persona who pretended not to care. I thought addiction was the problem. It was but a problem. I thought drunkenness was the problem. It was but a problem. But when you are sober and willing to be aware, only then are you truly forced to examine yourself, see the...
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