Clean up real good
One thing about alcoholics and addicts is they clean up real good. Anyone who has ever sat in AA/NA rooms for any length of time knows that is a fact. And this is just my own observation but about 2 months after abstinence begins with the last drink or drug the sober/clean person starts looking decidedly different. And it isn’t just that clothes make the man or woman. It is some change in the faces of people about that time. I know it can take that long for REM sleep to return, so they are sleeping naturally by then. Another facet is that all the detox through the skin and the subsequent healing has passed. Dark skinned people’s skin lightens a bit. Every bit of the blotchy skin and bloating are completely gone. And one day they just look healthy, bright eyed and like a shiny manifestation of their old drunk or druggie self. I think everyone should have their picture taken on the day they stop using or drinking and then another one 2 months later and compare them. It’s a wonderful sight!
