Like you, my drinking habit (feeding it, covering it up, making sure I could carry on my double life) consumed all my time and energy. When I stopped, I found I had a lot more free time but that wasn't necessarily a good thing at first. Free time was trouble waiting to happen. But I was also consumed with not drinking, with reading books, spending time on sites, etc. That fades over time. Now I am so busy with my normal, sober life I barely have free time for anything. I look back at my drunk life in wonderment and can't believe how many hours and days I devoted to it. Now I barely have a second for myself these days!