Alcohol was a net-positive in so many ways for me. I talk more about that aspect in the 6 month post here: https://www.bobbytables.io/p/six-months-sober
All these people writing about how they turned their life around, sleeping better, thinking clearer, getting more healthy, etc.
I stopped drinking 3 or 4 years ago and I don't feel any better for it.
However, I only drank like one or two nights a month, when going on a party, so most of my life I was sober anyway.
The only thing I noticed is that I'm now more awkward in social situations. I mean, sure, I might be healthier than before, but I don't have any numbers for that. It's just a thing I assume to be true.
But there are also things like potentially living longer, which don't have a feel.
None of my grand parents made it over 65, all of them heavy drinkers.
So, I'd probably have that going for me.
If you were only 15 pounds overweight, you wouldn't expect to see the same gains in health, energy, and so forth as someone who was 100 pounds overweight.