I will be 2 years in October and I find I have a richer social life sober. I was a bit different in the beginning, I didn't shy away from events etc., I didn't have the option to. So being around booze and being ok with it, I learned to swim in the deep end. Everyone is different, it's what I had to do when I got sober.
We are home this weekend and we have been out every night, (long weekend here). Tonight we are home earlier, it was more an afternoon party, but the point is, if I sleep in tomorrow, I am not nursing a hangover, it's because I want to snuggle dh. I didn't tell the same story twice, I didn't worry my sarcasm offended someone, I don't have to get red wine out of anything I wore and instead of relief because I am home, I can drink without restraint, I am relieved I can finish the leftover jello salad with as much whipped cream as I want. No guilt!
It is a really great thing when your social life revolves around socializing with people other than the bartender.