Thanks for posting, TheAten. I get sad too, when I look back and see how the years and decades went by as I continued my attempts to "moderate" my drinking, and as a result was unable to address my emotional pain and trauma, the codependency, and other issues I was smothering with daily drinking. The failed relationships that probably could have worked. The loneliness I experience now.
That's what really makes me sad.
Keep on the sober path, man.