Losing perspective? When I was drinking, and for a long time in early sobriety, my perspective was limited to when, where, what and how much I would be drinking next...the next minute, the next hour, the next day. Everything else was just noise in the system.
Most people seem more comfortable when they direct their efforts towards building a better life, a life without alcohol. These days, I generally only consider alcohol and alcoholism in the context of what I read here on SR and in the context of AA meetings, and to the extent that it comes up in my work.
Life awaits.