Oh, yes. Everything looks better to me now. Don't forget: alcohol is a powerful depressant. Combine that with the embarrassing behavior, and the fear and despair that come with any addiction, and you have a perfect storm for self-loathing. But all those things get fixed just by stopping. I was feeling more hopeful in just a few weeks. I still had a lot more to do, finding new and better ways to manage stress, new and better ways to have fun, new and better ways to basically live. But one of the cool things about recovery is that from Day 1, you have a reason to be proud of yourself.
