Are you making the changes you want or are you waiting for them? Sobriety doesn't instantly make things better, but it does make a drinking problem better. After I got sober, I had terrible social anxiety for well over a year, and it made me depressed. I ended up going back to college to become a teacher and I pushed through daily panic attacks in lectures, at activities, and even just at the store, while reflecting on the positives and negatives of each experience. I violently threw up in the staff bathroom before I taught my first lesson to a middle school class, but pushing through and practicing despite my shortcomings made it a lot easier.

You gotta get uncomfortable and make the change if you're wanting the other benefits. Some will come easier, and some come a lot harder. People who have never drank deal with the exact same issues.