Victor Two I am glad that you are still with us.
It was fortunate that you flew a fixed wing that day a slightly more stable platform than a helicopter. Thank you for letting others know how easy it is to fall into such a situation. It is those pilots such as you who now have the ability to spread your story to others you meet in flying clubs and other places where pilots get together (bars, I believe they call them) and try to raise the awareness of ending up having to rely on instruments without the training. I am sure that you will not push the weather envelope again and risk a repeat flight.
Because you have the strength of character to tell your story as opposed to keeping it quiet for years you also can help other less experienced pilots gain the strength required to NOT make a flight.
For some reason pilots keep finding the decision to go an easier route to take than the decision to not go on a trip. Maybe someone here could point us in the way of any research into this decision making process.