I like that freedom too.
I particularly like the freedom to interact with neighbours or people in local shops with my head held high. I've never been short of confidence but I used to sometimes wonder what people thought of me when they could smell booze from me in the middle of the day. And I MUST have sounded drunk a lot of the time. You can't drink a couple of bottles of wine before afternoon and act sober, regardless of what lies I told myself!