I also look at it this way--I drank a lifetime's worth of booze, already. I'm not missing out, I simply scarfed down my share already.
Lexie, this is funny that you share this. The same friend says she looks at it like this. God gave her a certain number of drink tickets and she used them all up.
I went through that, but I learned to change the "nevers"...I never have to wonder what I did the day/night before, I never have to deal with consequences I put off for "when I get clean" (I'm a recovering crack addict); I never have to look at the faces of my family and see the deep pain I was causing them; I never have to feel like a totally worthless human being again.
Rethinking the Nevers really helped me too. Thanks for adding it, Impurrfect. I am for sure in a stage of romanticizing all of my beautiful glasses of wine and champagne. Not good at all.