I’m not gonna lie this post makes me pretty fucking mad.

This is absurd. As is every other comment you've made here. You're angry at this post and, to be entirely honest, it's because you didn't read it thoroughly or clearly enough to see the timeline as it's laid out and you're taking that out on the OP for...whatever reason.

"I took off a few months and started back at work refreshed and moving into a big management promotion at the beginning of the year...with my new start at work/new dad life I committed to turning things around."

Be as mad as you want, but as other responses here show, this is on your reading comprehension because others seemed to understand just fine. You're also clearly filling in blanks with your own supposition on the other comments you make here. I know it's just Reddit to you, but if someone follows your advice you're impacting peoples lives, you can be a bit more responsible with yourself. And a little less gross in the way you talk to people probably wouldn't hurt either, though I know that's not as exciting as a pitchfork or a torch.