I was reading through some old posts and found this from a few days before Christmas.
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...-tailspin.html
For those of you that feel nothing will ever change......here I sit, with my "furball" sleeping next to me, younger kids tucked in, no TV blaring, no music playing over and over, no smells of stale beer. I have a candle filling the air with the scent of vanilla, the house is clean, laundry done (not sure why housework is so much easier now), no tension, no anxiety. My teenager is outside shooting hoops instead of holed up in his room.
For those of you with kids......my kids are more relaxed, calmer, arguing amongst each other less. I know it's only been a couple weeks since STBXAH moved out, and we'll hit some bumps in the road, but overall I think the change is pretty dramatic.
In the last 6 months I've lost my dad, changed jobs, and filed for divorce. That's a whole lot of opportunity for growth! I believe my glass is not half full, it's overflowing!