Yes and I experience this now. I started using alcohol at a ridiculously young age and ended up basically an alcoholic (or bordering on), then I moved onto drugs and never looked back, the effects are just inferior.
I'm also grateful in that I never had a 'honeymoon phase'. I did lots of research before I did MDMA and I learned all that stuff before I ever dropped my first bomb. I only ever use MDMA at raves where I think it would be worth it, I did make a few bad decisions and used MDMA to get me through a rave I wasn't really feeling in the mood for but quickly learned it's just not worth the experience.
I haven't done MDMA in a about 2-3 years now though, I'd love to do it but I've lost sources, the rave scene has died down and I struggle to find any nights out that I want to go to. Hopefully a trip to the Netherlands next year will change that

Last time I dropped MDMA I had an amazing time, one of the best, so no love lost for me.
What I do though is either rave sober if I don't want to take MDMA or take something else (Acid, AL-LAD, Shrooms, ???). I have stuff I should be getting on with at home anyway so I rarely make excuses to go out or else I'd probably be on coke or K or something at this point.