Welcome to the boards. Sorry you find yourself here. Some immediate advice would be:
1) Get the DR and DB books ASAP. Read, study, plan. They have answers to the questions you have asked.
2) Go see a lawyer. The more information you have about S and D, the less scary the concepts become.
3) Continue with the things you were doing to get out of your depression. You were GALing and it was working. You own your own happiness and it seems that you've found the things that get you out of depression and into a happy state. Keep it going.
It is going to be a marathon, not a sprint. Get the books and get to work.
me: 45 W:45 M 20 years T 22 years S14, S13, S11, D9 BD 2/28/14 D papers served 3/3/14 I moved out 3/15/14 MC start 4/2/14 I moved in 6/2/14 D suit withdrawn 6/30/14
