Waves of guilt and shame

[Matt]

@RubyRebelheart

Also feeling so vulnerable and naked almost without the haze “protecting” me from reality. I can’t even bare people looking at me. I feel too much. My shield is gone. I don’t know how to protect myself.

I understand this. The numbness, the distance of being in the addiction: that distance, that separation, that fake “safety” - that is so much a part of my experience.

I haven’t figured it out yet. But I’m making progress. I am learning a lot from my recovery group. Have you considered joining one? www.SMARTRecovery.org is one; there are more here: Resources for our recovery

Don’t give up