Hi Wayback - What you describe sounds very familiar. The “happy hour” time immediately after work was my worst time as well. To this day I try to plan an activity between leaving work and going home - now I hit an AA or SMART meeting, go for coffee, shopping, take a yoga class, go to the library (even if it is to just browse the stacks)...fill in any non-drinking activity. I still get extremely anxious if I have to go home immediately after work.