Just wanted to thank everyone for the tips and all of the positive mojo. That stuff really, really does work, and I am so grateful to you all. All day yesterday (during which I had a hugely important work meeting, and I'm preparing for another stretch of big work stuff in the coming week) I could literally feel the stress and agitation about my personal life fall away. I was able to focus on being totally awesome at work (something that eluded me for over two years). Later, I had some moments of really missing my mom (who passed away in 2011), and I was able to just sit and feel my sadness and grief, without all the other alcoholic crap barging in on my feelings.
What a gift I have given myself! What a gift recovery has given me! And what a gift you all have given me!
