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Addiction & Recovery

Taverner

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17. Agreed - for me, KNOWING why I am feeling bad is a big part

Reply to nerdorkins (Reply #16)

Sat Jun 22, 2013, 02:31 PM

Jun 2013

I know it's not an "inner demon" outside of the metaphorical construct

IT is a nervous system that is used to the interference of alcohol. As a result, the nervous system has had to make up for the altered neural connections - and it has no idea that alcohol is no longer present, hence the restless leg syndrome, etc

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Agreed - for me, KNOWING why I am feeling bad is a big part Taverner Jun 2013 #17