… tedium, temptations to impatience, stuckness. These are the price of keeping one’s mind unaltered, leaving substances unabused, having a clear perception of those around you. Much as I hate for it to be true, they are the pric…The Dark Side of Getting Clean: What No One Tells You763Karin HDavid MikeFollowAug 29, 2017 · 1 min readI’ve been sober since 1990.