Congrats on taking this problem on at 22, it doesn't get any easier when your older. My drinking problem was getting in to full swing at your age and I chose to embrace it rather than deal with it. Today at 36 I am worse off because of it. I've had similar feelings as you and they kept me in the bottle for 17 years. In the end it doesn't make those feelings go away and it keeps you in a rut preventing you from living and growing. I'm 36 single with no kids because in large part I hid from lifes challenges and tried to drink away everything I didn't like about myself.
You have started a path to recovery and a new life. Your whole life can change for the better in a single day. You never know when that day will come. You're young and ahead of the game compared to where many of us were at 22. Give your sober self a chance.