I would be really surprised if any addict did not have that same reaction. We stopped really developing emotionally when we started whatever our drug of choice was...mine was nicotine. I could shove down almost any emotion with nicotine, I didn't have to try to deal with things in an adult manner, I could ignore things and smoke my body and lungs away. What do I do NOW...I take deep breaths and let them out very slowly...I blow the negative feelings away, I inhale and I think about what I am feeling and why. We grow in so many ways when we allow ourselves to FEEL as we were always supposed to do. We are learning how to feel things that others learned when they were young...remember, they had to learn one experience at a time too, they were just younger and had no expectations. We stunted our emotional growth and now it is time to embrace it.
