Think my biggest problem was " what does a normal person feel like" ?
Define " Normal ".
I'm 19 months in, physically I'd say I feel normal, the mental side though takes a good bit of time I reckon.
I spent pretty much 18 years of my life addicted to alcohol, that takes a long time to get over in your head I reckon.
Its only last 6 months or so that I've had the confidence in myself to take new things on, make long term plans etc.
I was always wary of planning anything in advance as I could never trust myself to be sober or feeling well enough to go through with things.
I wouldn't put pressure on yourself by setting yourself goals, each sober day is another victory, gradually you just improve and then you find yourself just thinking different, can't really explain it, hope that makes sense.