If I were you I would be asking, "Does drinking make the problems better?" "Did it make your partner come back?" "Did it get your job back?"
The problem when we stop drinking is that life doesn't stop happening. The longer you are sober and active in recovery the more you grow and learn to handle the outcomes of life. The more you stay in your active addiction the more you stayed in a stalled state of affairs.
Drinking doesn't solve the problems, but I can promise you it will make the problems worse. Depression and anxiety are heightened with drinking. Become sober and learn to control your thoughts and through controlling your thoughts life improves or at least that's been my experience.