>Things are good, other than my sleep patterns. Or lack of them. Without the structure of a regular job to go to it is unpredictable when I sleep.

I know the feeling.

>I am working on a novel, which so far sucks.

That's great. I wrote a novel too. And it sucks too, but I love it. Writing mine was something to do besides drinking. I channeled the want to drink into the main character. Worked pretty well, until I finished the novel. So my advice would be to instantly start work on the sequel, hehe.