[A Work in Progress]

Alley, I echo all the above responses, and wish you well, hope you stick around and do a lot of reading and posting.

I too am a follower of Buddhist teaching/practice/life. Are you aware of the mindfulness-based (Vipassana) interventions now being used for prevention of relapse in alcoholism? Meditation practice can be very helpful... I have resumed my own meditation practice, which I had allowed to lapse during the last 9 months of some difficult events in my life... Metta is a very good practice...

Do you have a sangha?

best wishes,

wip