What a question! I think sobriety has slowed down my perception of time considerably. It's allowed me to accumulate ideas & memories. Much of what happened to me during all the years I was drinking, I've forgotten. I forgot it even as it was happening -- I didn't attend to it. Those years were many, but now feel like a blip because they were so empty. Now I pay a lot more attention, so my mental space is filling out. Time has to stretch to contain it. Does that make any sense?