I have hit the 30 day alcohol free mark and I’m noticing that within these 2 years I’ve been trying to live sober when I hit the 30 day mark I become extremely manic. I feel invincible, strong, and focused. I start organizing , cleaning and throwing everything of no value out. I eat meticulously well and workout hard. I’m so happy that it annoys people, and I see no negativity. It sounds amazing doesn’t it? But here is the problem. In the past I couldn’t come “down”, I eventually felt like I was literraly going to explode from feeling so amazing. Its so hard to explain. I would start drinking again, I guess to slow down, and every time it would progress back to a physical dependence, and to the horrible withdrawal stage to continue the insanity. Anyone else experience this mania or pink cloud bullshit and if so , how have you balanced it out?
Great advise @Oliverjava. I am going to add meditation in my daily tool box. This time around I’ve added teas like kava and sleepy time. I’ve also stopped taking sleeping meds. Exercise seems to enhance the mania so I will try to balance it out with calming activities.
Push on @Oliverjava, 
, your pushing the right stuff so nothing wrong with it at all!!!
What helped me was AA meetings are this forum. I had no idea what the pink cloud was. I’m 31 days sober… in my second week, I felt too good lol and that’s when I learned about what was really happening. Becoming aware and talking about it on here and at my AA meetings helped me put everything into perspective. My next move is reading the big blue book and the steps. I’m not looking forward to that at all 
Thank you @ariana2607!!! This forum really is helping. Why are you not looking forward to the steps or the big book work??
Seems like a lot of emotional and deep work.
I loved your post! Im going to revisit it if I ever feel like this! Right now Im still just tired and counting the hours until bedtime and I can wake up with another sober day.
Thank you for this, it gives me something to look forward too.