No human contact. No social media. No external influences. 

Took the empirical method and found that my inner voice is just a scream. For years all I’ve done is shut it up… with alcohol and the virtue turned vice of busyness. 

My first call on my way back to human contact was a person I don’t talk to as much as I’d like to, but it felt right. The call went unanswered. 30 hours later it is still not returned. I think the lesson here is to be careful about who I give priority to, because when I need to be talked off a ledge, I choose the ones I’m there for, instead of the ones who are there for me.