Dom, you are nearly a mind reader. My wife works in the mental health field, I emailed her this about 5 minutes before I read your post:
Good Morning,
Could you please use your position, experience and contacts to help me figure out my best course of action from here? I did a little checking on addiction, obsessiveness, compulsiveness, dry drunk syndrome, etc., and really don't know what my best plan would be and I don't want to just jump into anything so I can say I'm doing something. Any help you could offer would be very much appreciated.
Hope you have a good day.
I think I got maybe 3 hours of sleep here last night, tossed and turned from strange surroundings (at least for bedtime, I generally don't sleep in my office), short uncomfortable couch and mental struggles of what's going on in my life and the best way to proceed from here. I do believe that help is on the horizon. Thanks again for being tough on me last night. I'm sure it was what I needed. I'll keep you posted on my progress.
p.s. One thing I know I'm doing is becoming obsessive about checking this website. How pathetic is that? I want to come here to help figure out how to get better so I don't want to come here?
Me:46 Her:40 Daughter:7 She Dropped Bomb:10/7/07 She Filed Papers w/State:10/30/07 I Left Home:11/11/07 I Moved Back In:11/13/07 My Outlook: I want nothing more than a future together and will do whatever it takes. Her Outlook: Been too long coming, I'm done.