Originally Posted by
neferkamichael 
KDL, I'm 2 years sober today, and I guess I was hoping sobriety would make me happy, but I'm not. I'm "happy" to be sober, but there is more to a happy life than sobriety, and the journey is to figure it out. One thing though is I'm not miserable anymore.
Congratulations on 2 years.
You are totally right, there is more to a happy life than sobriety. Nor does even the best and most successful recovery mean that we are happy all the time.
In the end, life is life. But abstaining from addictive behaviors means we get to live it. All of it. The good and the bad.