WELCOME free, and THANKS for sharing! I'm 45 and kind of starting over, too. I just got home yesterday from 8 weeks in residential treatment for "core issues," i.e., trauma and abuse. Yup, I finally got tired of going from one form of addiction to another and avoiding the REAL problems. Needed some serious 4th Step work, I think.
Hey, y'all! I've been over in Tennessee over the last couple of months. I am very grateful for the treatment I received AND to be home at last.
I'm also grateful for lots of spiritual growth and connection and for the 12 Step program of recovery working in my life. Whoo-bleepin'-hoo!!
Love and hugs and glad to be back,
Eddie Z.