Love this video. I was a year sober yesterday (minus one accident at New Years). In the past year I've experienced so much anger that either wasn't there when I was drinking or was completely masked by my alcohol consumption. I also replay these shitty raging soap operas in my head, things that may or may not happen that I obsess over. My therapist called this type of journaling the "Rotten Fish Letter" (not sure why, probably a Dutch thing). I find it helps for sure but sometimes end up very depressed for a few hours afterwards. Not sure if this is normal but I usually find in the following days I'm much more relaxed. Anyway, keep up the good work. Love the AIFA podcast and I hope to hear you and Jerry shooting the shit again sometime soon 😊
Love this video. I was a year sober yesterday (minus one accident at New Years). In the past year I've experienced so much anger that either wasn't there when I was drinking or was completely masked by my alcohol consumption. I also replay these shitty raging soap operas in my head, things that may or may not happen that I obsess over.
My therapist called this type of journaling the "Rotten Fish Letter" (not sure why, probably a Dutch thing). I find it helps for sure but sometimes end up very depressed for a few hours afterwards. Not sure if this is normal but I usually find in the following days I'm much more relaxed.
Anyway, keep up the good work. Love the AIFA podcast and I hope to hear you and Jerry shooting the shit again sometime soon 😊
Thank you so so much! I love the idea of a Rotten Fish Letter. We really do need to get the “gunk” out sometimes.