Myth,
Congrats! It keeps getting better through the second year too.
Your comment about all the friends here not being around much could be they went on with sobriety and moved on. But many, if not most of my first friends here three years ago are gone too. All of our class of September 2010 except me and Doggone Carl disappeared relatively quickly. We all know that you are likely right, they did not want to quit, they just wanted to get strong enough, emotionally and physically, to fool themselves into getting back into the sedated zone.
Enjoy the second chance you gave yourself. I do mine.