I find that life is better its just when drinking amazing things were big and bold and brash .
Now amazing things are often subtle though can be big and brash also.
I can't really remember things like hangovers that physically and emotionally destroy , or arguments bad behaviour the fear of blackouts the depression and the financial mess but I know they were there . Perhaps at 5 years you can't either so a level life seems not spectacular but I would guess if you could compare then you might say something different.
Congratulations.
John.