Originally Posted by tufty13

Thanks ultra dad,

You are spot on with your comments and it's helpful to be reminded of the truth. I'd not heard "this disease is the disease of addiction and alcohol is just a symptom" before but it makes perfect sense.

My ex wife (and still my best friend) used to tell me for years that I had no balance. Bit of an understatement that.

Over the years I've got addicted to many things and participated in unhealthy ways. That includes exercise, I wouldn't just go for a run, I had to enter competitions, racing over mountains carrying my own tent and food for two days or enter into one day races that were almost forty miles long up hill and down dale.

I also got addicted to work for many years and definitely feel completely burned out now.

All or nothing - that's me.