This Friday I’ll be 5 months sober which I’m definitely proud about. I wanted to quickly get some feedback and see how others dealt with brain fog in the first year of sobriety. Physically I feel great, always loved working out and giving up alcohol I feel lighter on my feet and I’ve dropped about 12-15lbs. One area however that’s been hard to ignore is I sometimes struggle to speak clearly and keep up with my own thoughts. My opinions, beliefs and ability to small talk have changed noticeably and I don’t feel as strong of an urge to “ shoot the shi*or talk just for the sake of talking. I don’t believe this is bad but all these positive changes getting sober mixed with emotional challenges we all face without our drug of choice ; it’s a lot to keep up with and I’m here for the long haul but a part of me isn’t completely comfortable in my new skin so to speak.
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I'm at 5 months again after just having 4 years. My thoughts again are running. I'm always using the word in the wrong context or can't think of the word I want to use. I Can't outrun my own thoughts. I hate it. But TIME is the only thing I believe that will help me and pray. Patience is a very hard thing for me in recovery. But I have faith it WILL get better. Anything is better than going back to the bottle. At least now I have hope. So I will do small reads. Read at a meeting if I can and breathe and ask God to help me accept and do his will. MAYBE that will in turn help others. Stay well my friend 
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