Just wanted to chime in one more time here and say that the overwhelming sense of dread I felt every single day is pretty much gone. I'm not sure if anyone else felt this way during the week from being hungover EVERY DAY of the year. When I was hungover I didn't want to do anything after work but go home and drink some more to "feel better". I'm a programmer and I've probably got more work done this week than any week in the past few years. I've always done good at my job though... it's just that now I don't have a headache and I'm not watching the clock all day long. Very nice.
Also wanted to say that this forum is awesome. It's helped me a lot to just be able to type all this crap out and reading how others are doing. Thanks everyone!