Today makes 6 months dry for me. Since going sober I have slowly worked my way up to walking/jogging 3 miles or so every afternoon. I've dropped 40 pounds and have taken up new habits like reading in the evenings instead of wasting time drinking. I've noticed that my sleep patterns and cognitive skills have both greatly improved. I just turned 50 on the 18th of this month and I feel better than I have in a long, long time, both physically and mentally. I believe that I am done with drinking for good. There are times when I miss it but I just no longer see any benefit to drinking alcohol. Also I'm pretty sure that in the last 30 years of drinking I have not only met but by far surpassed my quota because I was a daily drinker. I definitely drank my share in evenings after work and more than my share most weekends, vacations etc. I was what i now realize a high functioning alcoholic.