That is a very interesting point, I must say that I agree with you. Before I didn't appreciate all the little things in life as I do now. Of course some days are very hard but then others are very gratifying even when nothing eventful happens. Sunday I took my friends dogsfor a walk and then we went and saw a movie, it was like the perfect day and essentialy nothing "exciting" happen but just being at a park on a nice day....
I did not walk into AA white knuckling it by any means. I'm doing well in school at night, working full time and just feel all around good. However at AA it is nice knowing that there are so many others dealing with addiction and I am most excited about helping out someone someday. Like you said there is many tools we can use to fight this addiction.