Originally Posted by
feeling-good 
I am grasping some of the feelings of complete uselessness from the outside that others must have had about my 'active' period of alcoholism / my periods of time in hospital - and it is not nice, for sure.
it was quite an eye opener for me to be in the shoes on the other side.
now its time to stop kikin yourself in the arse about it.
hold your head up and say,"yup, that USED to be me. and thank God im not that person any more."