Mudcat
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I feel like I have been a bit bipolar lately.
It is not unusual at all for addicts to have underlying mood stuff going on - but I have been the exception. 20+ years in the recovery zone and there was one extremely serious depression - 1992-93ish.
But other than that, nothing much.
But looking back, I can really recognize what a gloomy Nov-Dec I had. Just how I was acting at work. Not that I stopped working hard - or well - and I wasn't aggressively mean or argumentative or anything. But I was just more-or-less a black cloud. People noticed and a few gentle comments were made (afterwards). These days I am definitely uncharacteristically cheery and jovial. Nothing wrong with that - I feel great - but just not quite me.
No particular point being made here - just something I feel like I should take some ownership of.

It is not unusual at all for addicts to have underlying mood stuff going on - but I have been the exception. 20+ years in the recovery zone and there was one extremely serious depression - 1992-93ish.
But other than that, nothing much.
But looking back, I can really recognize what a gloomy Nov-Dec I had. Just how I was acting at work. Not that I stopped working hard - or well - and I wasn't aggressively mean or argumentative or anything. But I was just more-or-less a black cloud. People noticed and a few gentle comments were made (afterwards). These days I am definitely uncharacteristically cheery and jovial. Nothing wrong with that - I feel great - but just not quite me.
No particular point being made here - just something I feel like I should take some ownership of.
