Hey Barb,
It's good to see you calling someone else in the program - I know a girl who has been sober for 5 years now - she's got chronic pain in her arm, too, it's from an old back injury. She goes to meetings several times a week, and if she can't drive herself, her husband takes her. When she's not feeling so bad, she drives new peeps from detox. She has been a huge inspiration to me. Anyway, you made me think of her.
What you perceive as a weakness may well be a strength.
Love ya.
Row