Picked Quite The Year To Take A Break From Drinking

I'm now six months (and some change) sober - halfway towards the goal. If you're reading this and thinking something like, "Holy shit, I thought for sure he'd have caved by now," don't worry, so did I. As soon as I passed my PT test back in March, I was pretty sure I'd be drinking by the end of the month. I just kept telling myself to wait one more day before doing so and before I knew it, April had come around. Then I figured I could at least make it to Memorial Day, but after that I didn't see myself refraining any longer. The idea of not having any beer during summer just seemed too damn foreign to me. Yet somehow, Memorial Day came and went and I didn't take the time to stop taking a break from drinking.
So now I'm on the back half of this "journey" and it feels kinda surreal. For one, I don't really feel it's actually been that long. It feels like it's really only been a couple months without drinking. In a way, that's kinda cool - I thought this would be a pretty boring and dull time for me, but instead I've been enjoying life more than ever. On the other hand, there's this feeling of dread that at some point time will come to a standstill and I'll wonder if I'll ever get the chance to enjoy the sweet taste of beer again.
The other crazy thing about being sober is this is the perfect year for sitting at home alone drinking copious amounts of alcohol. Instead of being viewed as an alcoholic, my lifestyle could be seen as someone that's socially conscious and supporting local business. Plus, the Air Force has pushed back all PT tests for six months, meaning I don't test again until next year. That's like a free pass to be a drunkard for six months! (Obviously, it's better I'm not doing that as failing PT tests was one of the big factors leading me to doing Sober 2020).
Anyways, for the next six months, I'm trying not to focus on this being the last half and that I'm "almost there." While there are some delicious beers awaiting me when 2020 is over (assuming the world doesn't end before that), I'm hoping to keep enjoying things as I have been. I'm still not as active as I thought I would be without drinking, but I've definitely been out and about more this summer than the last two and that's been awesome. But beyond that, I've been enjoying life more just in general (except when I read the news, but at that point I'm only causing my own misery) and that's made this whole thing worthwhile already.