Does anyone else drink out of boredom?
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For sure
I used to
I used to think that I drank from boredom. Later, I decided that I drank out of laziness as very early in recovery someone said to me -‘if you are bored, you are a boring person’. That pissed me off so much that I haven’t been bored since – lol! There really are so many options of things to do – even that are free -that there is not a lot of bandwidth to the I’m bored so I drink argument, in my opinion. I got clean over 38 years ago before the Internet. I had to go to a library to research things. I pursued my education, I picked up hobbies, I have dabbled in different types of exercise, even though that’s not my favorite thing to do, keeping the house clean, reaching out and spending time with friends. Early in recovery it was all about working the steps, reading about the steps, talking with other people about the steps. Everything seemed new. Keeping a journal, practicing mindfulness, meditation or breathing exercises. Drawing, scrapbooking, having friends over to play board games, volunteering 1 million places, etc.. I hope you find something that you find build you up rather than tears you down. That’s what I realized happened every time I drink, I gave away another piece of myself to the f@cking disease. That also pissed me off. Joyce Meyer said that she likes to give the devil a black eye. I feel like that’s what I do every day that I stay sober so I’ve been enjoying doing that for a while now.