I agree with everything from the original post.
One thing that is better for me is eating meals. Food taste so much better when I am sober.
Another bad habit I had when I was drinking was to delay my meals. I always started drinking in the afternoon so I would want to get really buzzed before I ate because I knew that once I ate I would be too full to keep drinking or I would feel like passing out.
I would cook dinner for my family (while I was pounding beers and/or shots) and then watch everyone else eat while I continued drinking. I would just leave some food out or warming in the oven until I had my fill of liquor.
Of course this sometimes led to overcooked, dried out or cold food. But I was wasted and anything tasted edible then. Now I can enjoy a freshly cooked meal while sober.