On one upbeat note Sporty, when I first quit I joined CrossFit and put my former drinking energy and time there.
I ended up getting in the most buff shape of my life--I could knock out 100 full push-ups (not the on-your-knees girl pushups but the real deal) like a machine gun. I could do pull ups and deadlift 200 plus pounds.
All of this while getting back to my high school weight and a junior size 7 Levis.
I was 47 at the time, and I truly couldn't believe that I still had that athletic potential,
as long as I had been drinking and doing crap to take care of myself.
I also found other clean-living people to hang around and talk with.
It was an eye-opener how much energy drinking all those years took.
Hang in there. You can do this.