re: Has anyone else noticed a massive increase in sobriety "content" over the past year or so?

My kids have gotten old enough where being drunk in front of them would be damaging. This combined with the fact that I'm a problem drinker, i.e. "Why have 2 drinks when you can have 8" meant it was time to get the bull by the horns.

I won't call myself a sober person because I'm not. But not drinking is a hell of an upgrade to regular life when you've suffered through hundreds of hangovers.