On day 22 and can’t seem to shake these mood swings, one minute I’m fine the next I just want to put on my ear phones and block out the world, is this normal?
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Hi Tom. It is. I was one cranky harpyie the first month or so, snapping at nothing and everything. All the while being super happy one moment and feeling fragile and lost the next. It was like going through puberty again. Your body is still learning to regulate emotions in a healthier way than dimming them with alcohol. It gets better. Hang in there 
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Yes completely normal, i experienced it…one of the biggest lessons ive learned in sobriety and life really is to allow feelings to flow through you…to aknowledge and accept them and not try to stop them or try to escape them, your body and mind are in turmoil at the beginning of sobriety and so mood swings are part and parcel but in time things will begin to level out just hang in there, what you are doing here is so worth it xx
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Hi Tom, yes it’s completely normal it would only be weird if it wasn’t happening.
It’s just your mind shouting what the fuck where’s my support system gone, how are I meant to deal with this shit and the flip side, OH, I like this, isn’t this great.
The turmoil should start to lessen at about the 6 ish week point, but every ones different, with different emotions, different circumstances and basically different everything .
Stick in there accept and enjoy the good and just ride out the bad, maybe meditation or something along those lines may help?
OH, and congratulations on your 22 days keep on keeping on, the days soon mount up, but remember it’s always ODAAT.
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Tom you are right where you need to be. Those moments are what recovery is all about. You are going to feel emotions you have never felt before. Sitting with your feelings has been a really hard thing for me. Give yourself some grace, recovery is a journey and a process. You will go through a lot of changes along the way but so worth every step.
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