Originally Posted by
Downnotout 
... Im feeling a whole lot better about myself and i am going to slow my life down to the point of where it is manageable for me. I am only going to concern myself with me until i am strong again. I cannot help anybody else until i help myself, and for now hopefully some of my family and friends get some strength from what i am trying to do. That's all i can offer for now.
I had to make other changes in my life, too, to try to get back on the track to living without alcohol. I couldn't continue doing some things that were even important to me, like my old career, and be able to transition into active recovery again. Letting go of those things has been concurrently difficult and liberating.