I guess the huge "point" for me is that I have found I had no idea what would lie ahead in sobriety! OOTT and others in our Feb Class of 2016 thread can tell you that I certainly found a SLEW of surprises - at 39-turning-40-sober, now going on 41.....and whatever age we are, if we stop drinking "this time" we have a chance at really living, for however long the rest of our life is.
The point for me is that now, I have choices. Now, I am a respectable, contributing member of society. Now, I can look myself in the mirror happily (or fuss about my hair) - something I had almost stopped doing during the last of my drinking- and now....so many things.
I will die at some point- but it won't be because I killed myself drinking. Getting up every day sober is exactly the point.
Take care of yourself. You're the only one who can.