Glad to hear you are taking control! Kudos to you!
My work doesn't offer short term disability, so I had to take off using FMLA, which is unpaid after I used up what PTO I had accumulated. But, at the time, I just did not care. I didn't care if I lost my job. I knew I HAD to do something about my drinking and I knew I wasn't powerful enough to do it on my own.