Originally Posted by
Fly N Buy 
Yes, making healthier daily living skill decisions leads to higher quality of life.
I would interject though that whatever one can muster up in a 24 period, regardless of if they leave the cake plate on the counter and binge watch netflix at times is good enough. If......
We just don't drink.
Certainly, just not drinking isn't the end game. But there are definitely daze I have bouts of depression and don't want to do much. I still don't drink.
If I am mad, happy, sad, lonely - fit as a fiddle, Mr. Clean or pigpen; I am still an alcoholic. That doesn't change. I found change is within me. And yes, that progress can lead to much better lifestyle. I quit tobacco, most sugar and do work out.
BUT - the only requirement for waking sober is not having a drink before I go to bed.
Thoughtful thread,
I agree.
My point though is that for me, this daily focus on those actions I can take, small and seemingly inconsequential though they be, are exactly how I go to bed and wake up sober.