Congrats on a week SDI! I think the realization that you've made is very important - that alcohol actually makes our issues worse, rather than helping as we hoped by self-medicating. And only when we remove alcohol can the healing begin for those other issues, it's great that you are seeing improvement already with your meds working better and feeling better.
I think it's also very important for us to remember that our addiction is a separate issue though...and even if we "fix" the underling issues ( whatever they may be, we all have them ) we are still addicts.