That's great. Debacle describes it beautifully!
I'm starting to feel the same too. A sense of freedom thanks to an increasingly habitual response to recognise and dismiss any thoughts of missing drinking or future drinking (and, perhaps I should add, of any thoughts that I might change my mind!).
I haven't noticed the ACE spoken about much here and I'd be interested to hear of anyone's personal experience of this. Not so much for encouragement but more that it may help me to recognise my own ACE experiences.