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I'm currently attending a methadone clinic daily to stay drug free, I have 9 months clean from heroin, but I don't feel like my self, I don't know how to behave socially, not inappropriately, but I mean, I can't recieve the correct emotional responses I normally should, I always feel so empty inside and it's hard when someone shares something special with me because I can't find the strength to actually feel interestedly, so I fake it and I deep down I am interested but I just don't feel it. What's wrong with me?
I completely get how you feel. I don't know who I am. I got out of a abusive relationship three months ago and I feel completely over him. But like I don't know what to do know with my life. I just feel so blank and empty. And I cannot tell my family because they just don't understand.
@Catbug214 There is nothing wrong with you. Recovery from addiction is a slow and long process but you are not alone
I struggle with alchol addiction and dependency. I want to stop drinking but I also deal with a lot of depression and anxiety and feel like I need it to cope. I know it's a horrible coping method but I feel better so I continue to do it even though I feel like crap about myself for it after I sober up again. How do I break this cycle?
@Gentlelove92
Hey Gentlelove92,
I just wanted to write because addiction and dependency are something I struggled with a lot in the past. I was severely depressed as well and used drugs to cope with my problems. It got to the point where it wasn
@Catbug214
Hi Catbug214,
If I could throw one or two possible reasons that this is happening, I would say that maybe this is a normal reaction of your brain still adjusting to being drug free. But even more than that, I wonder if you are feeling fulfilled in life. When I imagine why some people (including myself in the past) use drugs it is often to escape, alter, or change their reality. So a big question I would ask is what don