Hi Freckles, welcome to the posting side and congratulations on six months.
I miss the escape into the bottle when life seems too hard but drinking never made my troubles any easier. That's the thing about being an alcoholic. Drinking for me was the symptom of things gone wrong. I thought things would automatically get better once I got sober. They did, but there were still things I needed to work on to not pick up again. Horror stories only work for so long. We forget the initial pain. It's better to work on the positive aspects to keep going.
Well done on six months. Post away! I find that adding support to my life has made things easier.