I Know I'm Not the First...

I'm actually in the same place.

I was going to the gym 5 days a week and editting/writing everyday and then I let some other things take over my time and I got away from both.

Just now starting back into things, and it really just came down to me resolving to just do it. Once you make the resolve and get started (which is the hardest part) it seems like the momentum just picks up and it gets easier.

Four years ago, I started into a downward spiral that left me devastated until about a week ago. Alpha, I would tend to agree with James81. The momentum in my own life never came back until I made my decision to start doing what I had done before I first heard the debilitating news that the publishing house I thought was the most wonderful thing that had ever happened to me, was an author-mill ... AND stuck to that decision.

I've not loved living so much in the last half-decade as I do right now, because I finally got up enough courage to pull myself out of the pit of despair I was in, and had the guts to become the man I always knew I could be, if I just put in the effort. G-d helped me a lot, as did my friends here, but in the end, I myself had to stand up, brush myself off, and move forward.

I hope this helps you out, Alpha Echo. I wish you all the best.

Everybody's different. For some, jumping straight back into it as if you never stopped is the way to go. Personally, I don't think that would work for me. I'd read through some of my older stuff and find the joy that came from writing in the first place. Then I'd look for an idea or two for something small, turn the stereo up loud and start typing.
Good luck.