I'm sure that the effort you are putting in now, will pay off big time for your future. To get to the top your going to have to deal with people who are going to put you down, such as life I'm afraid. If you continue to say your life is pointless your going to end up no where in life. I'm sure you don't want this to happen because then your life will really be pointless. And because you are drinking right now, you aren't really looking at things in a logical way. If you really do feel down and depressed about the way your life is (and see this when your sober), you need to find someone that will give you the will power to carry on. Even if its something so small as thinking, "if I get through this then I'll have money..etc" whatever.
We all get fed up sometime, but we have to carry on. Because what doesn't kill us only makes us stronger. Your going to be so thankful in years to come for putting the effort in. If you ever feel like its all pointless, then you need to let everything out before it gets on top of you and effects your everyday life. Its not good to bottle these things up.
Its probably best your not dating at the moment, because as you stated you are concentrating more on your degree. Which would just mean any women that came in to your life would probably have to compromise something, at some point. One day you will be able to though, its not as if its the end of the world that you can't right now. Having a girlfriend would mean alot more stress on you at times. You need to keep it simple so you can get where you want to be.
Make sure you take a look at how you feel when your sober, its best that way. I'm sure any problem that you think you have right now is just being made out to be a a lot worse than it actually is because of the drink.
Further more, if you ever need to talk to anybody LiveWire is here, and I'm sure you have relatives and friends in real life who you can turn to, to talk about the way you feel your life is heading.
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The irony of it all.
- On holiday till the 25th.