FEEL GOOD AFTER FEELING BAD

[Vicky Cooper]

I am now getting on 3 years sober and realise that everyone yes everyone has
moods and downers and thankfully uppers. Went on a big downer and had to
keep saying to myself it will pass it will pass and guess what - it did!

You have to have the bad feelings to appreciate the good feelings. Life is
so much better now that I'm not drinking - downers included.

x

[Blue Moon]

On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 20:27:55 -0000, "Vicky Cooper"
<coonsgate@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:

>I am now getting on 3 years sober and realise that everyone yes everyone has
>moods and downers and thankfully uppers. Went on a big downer and had to
>keep saying to myself it will pass it will pass and guess what - it did!
>
>You have to have the bad feelings to appreciate the good feelings. Life is
>so much better now that I'm not drinking - downers included.

How well or quickly "it" passes depends on how earnestly I'm doing the
stuff I need to do. If I carry on doing depressing stuff, the result
tends to be .... erm .... depressing :)

But I can see what you mean, in that my first foray into depression
since drinking offered the temptation of booze to "medicate". After
resisting that time, and doing whatever else I needed to do, the
subsequent occasion I was able to remember from experience that I
don't HAVE to drink when feeling in low spirits.

--
Blue Moon

[>rosie]

> On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 20:27:55 -0000, "Vicky Cooper"
> <coonsgate@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >I am now getting on 3 years sober and realise that everyone yes
everyone has
> >moods and downers and thankfully uppers. Went on a big downer
and had to
> >keep saying to myself it will pass it will pass and guess what -
it did!
> >
> >You have to have the bad feelings to appreciate the good
feelings. Life is
> >so much better now that I'm not drinking - downers included.



vicki,
learning to live LIFE ON LIFE'S TERMS was a great awakening for me
too.

surviving the normal ups and downs (not to be confused with clinical
depression) after alcohol cessation through recovery is probably
the most miraculous tool!