I had very similar experiences.
Year one was mainly focused on just NOT drinking and on beginning to fix ME.
Year 2 I really began making progress on fixing the fallout in my life from all the years of neglect.
Year 3 my life was really on track and in balance again.
And now in Year 4 - it has been truly flourishing.
There were high spots and low spots in each year and a lot of detail behind those summaries.... but like you I realized that it took most of the first year just to ride out newfound sobriety and get to some semblance of capability and presence as a sober human being.
From there it just kept getting better.
Keep at it!
