For me it was not the hitting rock bottom so much as it was the bounce-bounce-bouncing.

Something has changed in me recently. It might be the insulin is making (and helping) me feel better. It could also be the result of not taking phone calls from my mother's sister.

Those phone calls had the same effect as interacting with my mother - i would lose 3 months of time in terms of working towards any goal. I would be back to ground zero. You dont make any progress in your life when every 3 months they call again JUST as you are finally recovering from their last bombing.

I wish somebody would research this Sisyphus effect.