I’m new to this whole sobriety thing, I’ve known for quite a long time I’ve had an issue with abusing alcohol as a coping method. But giving it up felt like opening myself up and being vulnerable. Raw dogging life feels so weird right now. I only started drinking to cope with the DV relationship I was in and now that I’m free from it I’m not sure how to live in my regular every day feelings. Anger, frustration, guilt any negative emotion, hell even boredom sometimes and I feel that desire to drink to numb my brain. But I realized that drinking never made anything better or made it go away and now I’m dealing with all of the emotions I choked down to avoid in the moment. So here I am vulnerable, living in the moment for myself trying to be better for myself, my dog and my family.