Especially in the early days, I had some damn good times on alcohol. As well as having a really good laugh, it took away some bad feelings of insecurity, anxiety and depression as well.
Were it not for the fact that, eventually, it becomes a threat to ones health, safety and personal relationships, I am not too sure that I would now be first in the sobriety queue.
Now I am exploring other ways of "letting go" in order to feel at ease with who I am. For me, however, the real question is whether we will simply replace addiction to alcohol with another addiction (to spirituality, for instance) and then remain in denial about that.