One thing I learned at rehab family week is that recovery needs to be the priority no matter what happens in our lives, good days and bad. I take that to mean our recovery also. Sometimes it's hardest to stay focused on my recovery when I don't have to fight so hard for it. Easier days lull me into backing off. As I work my own recovery, my vision of life becomes clearer. It sounds like yours is too.
Maybe try comparing these days not to the worse ones during the year, but to what you'd like your life to truly be like. Happiness. Satisfaction. Respect. Kindness. I guess I would put those at the front of my list.