Thanks for your reply, Cadet. I'l post whenever I can as I feel this is a safe place to express feelings without being judged and hopefully get some advice and encouragement. I also would like to help others too where I can as I feel I've learned so much over the past seven months.
Some really good useful and inspiring resources there. I will read the DR book and continue to read up and post on here.
If there's even just a small glimmer of hope in my situation I am willing to put in the work. If things don't turn out I'd like to think I had left no stone unturned and worst case scenario I will come out of it a better man.