It's been a wild ride

The last 17 days have been filled with events of significance. In that time we have celebrated our daughter's 2nd birthday, my wife's 40th birthday, and our 15 year anniversary. Add to that over almost the same time period I installed, ran and removed the biggest show I have ever designed and you can see that I have a lot going on. It has been interesting, enlightening, and in some ways uneventful to be sober through these events. In the past I would have had a beer to celebrate all of these occasions. This year I didn't have a beer at any of them. It felt strange but I am learning ways to acknowledge celebrations without alcohol (or substituting food). When you remove alcohol and food from your celebratory experience what are you left with? I have found that you focus more on the celebration and the people that are there. (I have not given up any foods but I am trying not to let any food or drink become my celebration focus)
One of my coworkers asked how it felt going through such a big event (one that we have worked on for years) without having a drink. (It is the 1st time I have done the event without having a drink at some point) I wanted to have some great insight but honestly I didn't. I had to tell him that it didn't feel that different. After loading the last trucks and driving home on a warm Friday evening I definitely thought about having a beer. But I also thought about how I am just getting started on my year. I want to see where this goes and how it feels.
This is day 38 of My Year of Living Sober.