IN!
Good to see you John, congratulations on shotgun.
Well done PhoenixJ, I hope that the worst is over in regards to surgery. I hope too that you make a speedy recovery from it and are better off as a result.
I would echo what Mags and STDragon said about getting sober and joining SR. I knew that at the age of 54 after decades of heavy drinking and nearly a decade of full blown alcoholism I was reaching the event horizon of death or ruin by alcohol. I "lurked" (reading but not joining) for three months from October '14 and eventually something clicked and I quit on 30th December '14 and joined SR in Jan '15. Best thing I ever did apart from quitting itself as it laid out all the facts and never hid the truth - that there would be times when it would be tough but gave advice on how to get through those times.