Feel extremely irritable during the early stages of sobriety?! I’m snappy as can be today 
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Feel extremely irritable during the early stages of sobriety?! I’m snappy as can be today
drunk on sauv 
I find that I alternate between euphoria and irritability – usually I get a few days of each. Keeps things interesting at the very least 🙂
My last attempt my family actually begged me to go and get a drink because I’d been such an absolute grouchy monster. I’d like to think it resolves itself after day 30 or so…
Yeah I was snippy the first month. It comes and goes and then it’s gone. Hang in.
I think we tend to fluctuate between highs and lows in those early days with decreasing magnitude as the days go on. As far as I understand it, it’s essentially our neurochemistry resetting itself to normal. I’ve said it before by about 9 or 10 months in is when I experienced something I didn’t recognize: contentment—or as I believe others recognize it: serenity. It’s well-worth the journey.
I had huge mood swings, strong rage interspersed with feeling distant… Even had a panic attack on my 3rd day. It got better and better, then when I fell off the wagon again, my anger returned. When I was sober for a while though, I had much more control over my moods. It’ll get better!