Many decades ago I had a passion for hiking and backpacking. That went away with the drinking and life became a day to day survival. I've recently re-ignited that passion. I've been training like a fiend lately. I'm going on a 16 day trek to Mt.Everest base camp at the begining of May. It's something I've wanted to do since I was a kid, thought I'd want to summit back then but with age comes smarts, lol. So yeah, life gets so much better and your dreams become reality when you stop the drinking. All that in just over 6 months sober.