I should have known sobriety would be so unkind.

A quick fix here.

A smoke there.

A drink anywhere.

Now I have to tolerate my difficult feelings.

Frozen in discomfort.

This is the way.

Do I want time to pass on or do I want my feelings to go away?

All that I know about sobriety is that I have to incrementally hang on.

It will pass.

It will return.

These feelings that leave me stricken.

It will pass.

It will return.

Just know that these feelings will always pass

You will do something

Regardless of what that something is.