congratulations, artie!!!!  you bet i can understand what you mean. for me i had become so used to things being so dulled by drinking i forgot how beautiful everything really was. welcome back to the world, my friend, and good for you on your sobriety. it only gets better if we can stay away from that booze....one day at a time! keep us posted on your progress. 
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Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle.
The world you desired can be won. It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours..~Ayn Rand
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