Originally Posted by
GiftsOfSobriety 
I relate to much of your post. I have been sober 20 months. I don’t regret quitting and don’t intend to drink but the fake happiness and social life that alcohol provided was a temporary reprieve from real life struggles. Without alcohol I’m forced to confront the emotional issues I was able to avoid. Thank you for your honesty.
I can relate to this a little more.
When I was drinking I always explained to people why I did it as follows: I will accept the low lows for the high highs. When I’m sober I just live at a very mundane level. Every aspect of my life was more exciting. I mean, it was all unhealthy, but I was a heathen basking in earthly pleasures, but paying a heavy price post mortem. So I do miss those high highs, and I’m pretty certain I will never recapture them, but those low lows have become too much of a price to pay.