Hi Kitty. Sounds like you made a decision to move on. Sadly, that means leaving many aspects of the life that went along with it and modifying the rest so they won't cause you to get sucked into the whole thing again.
While in the interim, it's not so great on the love life, it is a good opportunity to heal, which in turn will allow you a new and improved lady to offer someone.
Who wants someone with "baggage"? Well, alcohol IS baggage and the worst kind.
I look forward to getting back out there and meeting a great lady at some point myself. But for now, I have to be selfish and heal. But it's all good. I know what I want for me, so finding Ms. Right won't be a problem after this. She will not be a drinker, or she will be a recovering alcoholic who is as sworn to abstainance as I.
Going on five months tomorrow and feeling great. The time alone is healing me of more than just the alcohol curse. I'm calming myself.
Good luck!!!