Yes indeed! I quit 8 years ago and I LOVE being a nondrinker.
Staying on that theme, I bought myself a leather jacket online on Saturday with the money I have saved over the last 8 weeks!
LOL you go! I share your theme, but I purchased something I can't take off
I sleeved my entire right arm and I also have beautiful side and back pieces. Good ink costs money, so I spend what I would be spending on booze and smokes and I have more than enough to do my whole body.
The excitement of being free from addiction never has to end if you don't want it to. I've had some horrible things happen in my life since quitting. Some things have really gotten to me, but even throughout my worst times, I've felt a quiet strength knowing that I'm weathering the storms without drinking or getting high. There is something deeply satisfying about that to me.