A big sticking point for me was my belief that Friday nights had to be "special". In time I came to see that the idea and the feeling of wistfulness that went with it were products of my addiction.
Fridays are special now, I am also free of the burden and torment. With time in sobriety the focus on alcohol and alcohol related stuff has diminished to a degree that at times it is a minor annoyance.
I do not tend to go to bars, but I can and it's no big deal - in the first six months it was like kryptonite to superman