Don't be so sure you are all washed up in the relationship department (unless you want to be, of course!). A good friend of mine (and former boss) had a long-term marriage from hell (not an addict so far as I know, but a pretty awful situation). She married again, briefly--it lasted only a short time. She went for a few years not dating, not interested. All of a sudden she was asked out to dinner by a judge she once practiced in front of. He was recently widowed. They had a whirlwind romance and got married. She was close to 60, he was a several years older. They were blissfully happy for several years, until he died a couple of years ago. She is back to being happily single, but she had a wonderful relationship.
My point is, you are by no means too old to give up hope of meeting someone with whom you will be happy--again, if that's what you want. Personally, I am on indefinite relationship hiatus. That's how I want it for now.
