Originally Posted by
Stayingsassy 
I had to focus on myself....a lot. I needed the space for that.
This was probably the biggest obstacle with me and my ex-wife when I first got sober. She put up with my drinking (and all that comes with that) for years. I finally get sober and I needed to spend most of my free time on my recovery? It was hard for her to wrap her head around that, but it was necessary for me to do for the first several months.