Me too, received, and as you know from our PM's I have recently ended some relationships that I have decided are not in my best interest. As a result, I am learning some new ways of being. It is often hard. I often feel alone. Those problems are not to be denied, they are simply not allowed to be tied to drinking. In other words...thinking that loneliness is a reason for drinking is AV, pure and simple.
The winds will come, of that we can all be sure...but I will not allow my abstinence to be "blown about by every wind."