Hello
Well as simple as it sounds I think life on the other side of the bottle starts with putting down the bottle. So that's the first thing, right? See where things go from there...
I really don't know the answers, Sober. I was always an isolation drinker, but I preferred it that way.
Personally, I think I've just reached the point where I can't take living in a vicious cycle of drinking, lying, recovering, drinking, lying, recovering over and over again all while mixing in a great deal of depression, self-loathing, shame and remorse in there for good measure. Not anymore. Life is going by too fast now and I've already wasted a lot of time.
Unfortunately, alcohol had to beat the living hell out of me before I was willing to give up.