I still feel bad after over 3 years since the conviction. I’ve lost a great job and am lucky to still have another one (which is harder work for less pay), endured relationship difficulties, have some family who still don’t even speak to me, and even have a failed overdose or two to my name.
It’s been an awful 3+ years, but somehow you just have to get through it. Just glad that I’ve kicked the bottle a long time ago, because it didn’t half make those dark moments darker.
I could write a book on what I’ve been through this last few years, and it pretty much all started with drinking too much. I do still wish I could go back somehow and scream at myself not to get in the car that day.