Mine got better, not so much due to some $$$$ figure or number........ i found booze was pretty cheap all things considered, maybe cost me a max of $150 a month as i stuck mostly to the cheap stuff. I didn't really get into the more expensive stuff or "hard" liquor until towards the last year.
I would say the biggest thing getting sober did for me is clearing out the mental fog and mental laziness that being impaired/drunk causes. When you are drinking it is incredibly easy to put off things since you are artificially happy and content......... suddenly "i'll take care of this right away!" becomes "i'll do it tomorrow"...... then "i'll do it tomorrow" becomes "i'll do it on Saturday"...... then "i'll do it on Saturday" becomes "i'll do it next week" and so on.
That's how it was for me anyways, booze was just a big mental distraction and made me a very lazy person.