Actually, I have Dawn of War II (the only Windows Live game I have) and recently moved so didn't have an internet connection for a while. I was pleasantly surprised to find that Dawn of War II did not require either an internet connection or the game disc to run.

When you do have an internet connection it does sign in and all that jazz, but if you don't it doesn't. As far as I know I've not done anything special to my account to enable it for offline.

I had this same problem, the doctors were going the medication route - but I also had anxiety, so giving medication with poor documentation and statistics just made things worse. In the end I managed to spend time with a psychologist (not easy, they're either very expensive or very busy) which helped a great deal - although not until some time after the fact when you process and understand what they're saying.

They get you only so far - and at that point you'll eventually get the willpower to 'pick yourself up' and start building your life back. It takes time, but it's really worth it.

- Andy.