It seems like sober, time lasts longer. Probably because we are not buzzed or drunk through 50% or more of the day. I use to be hungover wake up late on the weekends and nap during the afternoons so what does that really leave me? Sleep through breakfast with the kids. Sleep through the mid morning activities (swimming, hiking, walking the dogs etc), and then nap through afternoon activities. Wake up sick, pissed off, and then start drinking again.
Instead of picking up my kids at daycare itching to get home to crack one open, I now walk calmly in, smile in hand, and enjoy what they did at daycare...
And thats just the tip if the iceberg. Actually an iceberg is a good analogy. When drunk, and iceberg is how we lived. A small portion stuck out of the water (or drunken whatever) and we didnt even tap into what was under the water. That visible part can be our sober life while drinking, and everything under the water is what was infected by alcohol.