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After stopping drinking, I have seen a lot of social anxiety surface, and then disappear after confronting it, but even more interesting is the interactions I'm having with people are so much more positive. Looking back on these two months, I have really realized that I had been feeding my social anxiety with alcohol, and had been really leading some very shallow relationships. Stopping drinking has removed that mask, and has allowed me to delve much deeper into my own personal relationships.

Drunk you may be funny and sexy and endearing, but she's just a cartoon. She's an exaggerated version of you, a caricature, all zany big lips and anime eyes. Sober you, though? She's the portrait. And she's beautiful.

Self-linking because I'm a narcissist. Some common traits of alcoholics that AA tries to break you of from day one.

"I built it up waaaay too much before getting there." slinginintherain goes to her first AA meeting.

Good advice about how to connect with people without the crutch of alcohol

A quick call-out to the best thing about /r/stopdrinking; the cameraderie among drunks.

Best Health Tips and guideline for men and women....