This is a great thread, all hit home to me...I was at a concert last weekend...what was traditionally a all night marathon of drinking...but i was sober this year. What i realized was the concert wasnt really that great, probably never was...and that i felt so much better about myself when i got home early, woke up early, without feeling like crap for two days.
Fact is could have been any event, dinner, party, ball game, round of golf, etc...in the past they were my excuses to get blitzed...
has not always been that clear to me, and god knows i still struggle, but i am trying. the delusion still gets me from time to time, but i agree trying to find other ways to stimulate ourselves is critical. I need to work harder on following through on that...