Some of it is perspective Sleepie. When I was at 4 months of sobriety, I was frustrated since I was waiting for the miracle to happen, yet it seemed like was never coming. The truth was that the miracle was there all along. I wasn't having to wake up to seeing how many bottles were in the recycle bin, didn't have to wake up with the shame and guilt from drinking, and a lot of the stress caused by drinking was gone.
However, it's all perspective. If you want to concentrate on how miserable you are all the time, you can do that, but I don't think it's helpful.