That sinking feeling

We - professionals of the bottle and relapses - know very well that feeling of sinking euphoria after a few days of sobriety, when the PAWS subside and we are left with the bleak reality of having to deal with your own feelings without our beloved medium... yes, we are stuck with ourselves, a person we hardly know, because we have tried our best to forget it, to drown it and pickle it in alcohol, together with all our feelings of anger, frustration, confusion and suicide. Let's just hope it won't last too long...