Originally Posted by MrsKing

For me, as soon as I took alcohol out of the equation, my life improved pretty much by itself. There was no work involved. I sometimes catch myself questioning those sorts of posts too - am I just a dry drunk? Am I not yet 'recovered'? Is being sober alone not enough? I don't know the answer to those questions, but what I do know is that as soon as I stopped drinking, my life improved dramatically... For me, I drank because I was depressed, which in turn made me more depressed. As soon as I stopped drinking my depression lifted...