Like always...late to the party!
Count me in. I'm 55. Will be 2 years sober next March. Oh. And I quit smoking almost 2 months ago.
I'm feeling pretty darn great. I don't look back to much. I like looking forward. I will say though, I think for me, it's been a pretty comfortable time with the quitting things. It was rough at first but it passed. Most everyone in my life hardly drinks so it rarely crosses my mind to go back to my every night drink myself stupid. I hardly ever see alcohol anymore. I was the only drunk in my circle. Only thing my friends said was...it's about time.
I think it helps that I'm pretty comfortable in my 55 year old skin. And I don't concern myself about what other people think. That helps. It's the pay off of your 50's. Plus I really really did not want to be one of those 50 plus drunk women sitting in a bar. Even though I was from 50 to 53.5. Eee gads. Back to just look forward.
Icing on the cake is that physically, I'm feeling really good considering.
There seem to be plenty of us late bloomers here.