For me I think I had the perfectionism, the feeling that I did not fit in, but was so shy that I could not cope in in a group. I was LD, dyslexic, LDL, LSD all those bad things. When the doctors told me all this it made me feel even worse about my self. Alcohol became an escape. The problems where always there, but I could muttle through the day knowing that I would have my good ole friend to comfort me at the end of the day. Just the other day I found my self feel very uncomfortable in my "home Group" I have nopt been there long, but I was feeling like " I did not belong" I just have a lot of problems that I have been hiding w/ alcohol, but now that it is gone I am going to have to work all these thigs out. Thanks for letting me share.