It is so interesting when you go back and read your pre-diagnosis writing through your post-diagnosis lense, isn't it? I feel like a forensic investigator when I'm reading my old journals, looking for those clues that I didn't have the language for at the time, and that I thought were just part of my weirdness, or wrongness.
I really like this piece in its original form as well. I feel those realizations you have when you stop drinking are so important and insightful. It will be one year for me on Oct 24 and I feel I'm just now starting to adjust.
It is so interesting when you go back and read your pre-diagnosis writing through your post-diagnosis lense, isn't it? I feel like a forensic investigator when I'm reading my old journals, looking for those clues that I didn't have the language for at the time, and that I thought were just part of my weirdness, or wrongness.
I really like this piece in its original form as well. I feel those realizations you have when you stop drinking are so important and insightful. It will be one year for me on Oct 24 and I feel I'm just now starting to adjust.