In all honesty, I feel like you guys have given me a new life here...
I was once so sick and tired of seeing myself in the mirror... "that hypocrite, loser, no-life"... But now I can continue living without feeling like a constant loser...
Where once I would look back on even the best of days and say: "Yeah, I was successful at work or I did that mitzvah or accomplished these things, but I still messed up my life today by doing ****..."
Now I look back on the worst of days and say: "Yeah, I may have blown that deal or forgot to daven "veten tal ummatar" at Mincha or accomplished jack-black today, but I still feel like a winner because today I did not let my addiction beat me...."
So there may be hard days, but no more bad days, only good ones.... A complete reversal of fortunes...
Thank you...