Hi, I guess switching from one addiction to another is something we all have in common at one time or another. I like to talk about the joys of living drug and alcohol free. A freedom from hangovers and abuse. I think that you can overcome the obsticals of running and emotional turmoil. I can tell you what I dont do anymore, I dont have hangovers, I dont take abuse or insults from people anymore, just to have friends, also have a better self esteem because of it, also staying away from unhealthy relationships with people, contantly sick with sinus and upper respitory infections and my house is a lot cleaner, as well as me. I can do without this in my life. I focus a lot more on the positive things in life, since the depressant alcohol and drugs are no more a part of my life. Progress not perfection are the things to strive for. These things have improved my life dramatically.