Re: not having fun without alcohol or alcohol becoming less fun, I would just say that I had to hit the whole "fun" reset button by coming off the old fun completely and then trying to remember what real fun actually was. Yeah, imagining life without the sauce seems like a drag. I think it actually helps (when taking a bit of time off from booze) to imagine that you are a prizefighter or athlete or actor doing an extreme physical transformation--i.e., pretend that there is some goal there on the other side and that getting there is your "job". Hell, I drank like it was a job for years
. Guarantee you that three months of living in that mindset and there will be an actual reward for you at the end and you will realize that abstinence isn't such a drag.