How many of you self-medicated to end the pain?

[Taverner]

You know, the pain that just shows up, unexpectedly, the kind that puts you into a funk for the rest of the day?

The kind that makes you wonder what it's all for?

The kind that makes you re-assess your "accomplishments" and turns them into failures?

[KitchenWitch]

1. I did!

for both emotional/mental pain and physical pain.

FWIW, your pain will pass. It may take some time, but it will pass.

:hug:

[LearnedHand]

2. {{ Both hands very high in the air }}

I did, I did. But then, I also self-medicated when I was happy, when I'd just had a good bike ride, when Friday rolled around, etc. But mostly to numb the pain. Fuckin' sucks, doesn't it. FWIW, I'm 4 years sober now, and not only do I not self-medicate, I simply do not feel the same pain. How surprised I was to discover how much I had actually generated much of the pain by how I was living my life. My life now is fairly even-keeled, and I experience my OWN emotions.

[LearnedHand]

3. I read another wistful thread of yours, Taverner

Are you okay? Sounds as if you're experiencing some regrets, some sorrows, maybe.