For several years, I had such a lot of work I needed to do on myself so in many ways I was glad AH had his bottle to keep him busy. It freed me up to work on me.
When I quit alcohol, I think it took me a couple years to recover physically from the brain fog I was in.
I realise now I was very unaware of what was going on around me. I had been a daily drinker to blackout for about five or six years so my brain was pretty damaged. Possibly still is.