AlphaOmega,
Love that you had lunch with your daughter. Besides getting sober for myself (there is so much that I want to accomplish and alcohol is not involved in that plan), my kids are HUGE motivation. They are young yet, but the thought that they would grow up with a drunk mom and have no desire to spend time with me as young adults kills me.
I am only 50 days sober, and even though I felt like things would completely be wonderful and the clouds would part...I am finding that is not necessarily the case. Life is hard, but we are adults and can face our problems like adults. Drinking isn't going to solve (conflict, boredom, anger, fill in the blank) it is only going to make it worse. Thanks for posting- I needed to hear some of these replies too! Hugs, PG