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Joe, welcome to the program. Yes, this is Joe. Joe, what can I do for you? Yes, I'm a 36-year

recovered alcoholic from the program in 12 steps of AA and a fellowship. I initially found

alcoholics anonymous when I came back from Vietnam with severe PTSD and one of the problems that I

still have not been able to address through the power of the program is the psychological

deadening and inability to cry. I still carried that with me and I was wondering if there's

any suggestions that you might have on how I might find a way to get my life back and get the

aliveness back inside of myself. First of all, you don't have an inability to cry.

You have a fear that if any water drips out of your eyeball,

that you will explode and be overwhelmed by your feelings.

Yes, that's what you're doing. You think you'll be totally overwhelmed.

Guys more than gals worry about this being overwhelmed by all the feelings because there are

a lot of other feelings besides needing to cry. If you were in combat, there are a lot of images

and actions that you're stuffing down. My dad was in World War II, marching up Italy,

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