I did quit drinking for about 9 months during my masters year at university and I have to agree with a lot of what the author is saying. I felt more energetic,

I did quit drinking for about 9 months during my masters year at university and I have to agree with a lot of what the author is saying. I felt more energetic, I slept better, I was a lot more organised and productive, my hobbies felt more interesting and engaging, I saved a boat load of money etc. I hadn't felt so good pretty much ever. The reason for this has to be that nearly all my social interaction since the age of 15 or so had involved at alcohol (or weed and other stuff to some degree) and while I don't do 'the other stuff' really anymore, most of my social interactions still unfortunately involve drinking. I've never really been one for 'night life' as such, but I do enjoy a few pints in a quiet pub during the day time so I can chat shit to my friends. Out of all my good friends (say about7 or 8) there are only 2 that I socialise wityh sober. Usually we spend the day in a cafe in town playing board games which is awesome. I drink with these two guys a lot too, but we don't have to like I seem to with all my other friends. I'm really considering quitting the booze again, just to get that feeling back that I had last time I did. I'd never felt so good.