I agree about the humor in my life coming back. I seem to be very happy and ready to laugh often. One of the strange things about how the drinking was affecting me was even in times when I was not drunk I was becoming more emotional and not being able to keep myself from almost coming to tears at certain times. I thought that this might have something to do with me aging. And I'm not talking about things that a 40 year old self proclaimed "tough guy" would normally cry for, (like cutting off a finger), I'm talking about silly things that I would never bat and eye at, like a sad movie or a "heartwarming" event. For some reason I was having trouble controling my emotions to where in the past it would have never affected me. So although I am laughing harder than ever, I also seem to have a much better control over my emotions now as well.