I think we do need to change some of our parameters, I notice people months into recovery who haven't really moved their mentality away from the scene they were involved in, and they don't seem very happy. Really, you have to be open minded and willing to give recovery in all earnestness a fair go. I was willing to do whatever it took because I knew that the choice was between life and death, and this was not the way I wished to go. It does get better, not in two weeks, but as you work at stable recovery over the long term.
We live in a culture which glamorizes drinking, there is an ugly side.