For those that have been sober for a while, how has it impacted your brain function? I'm 8 months sober and my brain is so incredibly foggy, does it ever get back to "normal"?
I was a very high functioning alcoholic. I have noticed that I’m not as driven. I’m three years now but at 8 months the dust from my drinking was just settling, I was in the middle of finding out who this new self was and there was a lot of unknown.
Thanks... At least I know it's part of the process
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Yep. Day 27 for me, and I have a lot of trouble concentrating, when that never used to be a problem
It does get better. I went and had all my levels checked with my doctor. I was waaaay deficient o a lot of vitamins. Make sure to eat well and stay hydrated. Also a multi vitamin daily helped.
I drank a lot for a long time. When I entered recovery the fog lifted at about 90 days and i have continued to regain some clarity but at this point it’s impossible to know what’s from booze and what’s from age. I’m not as sharp as I was 25 years ago but who is?
Hi Brian, do you feel like a driven person now at 3 years? I’m one year sober, just starting a new job, and I’m really struggling to motivate. I used to be such a hard worker and now it’s like my brain just wants to check out all the time.
I have actually lost motivation sober, I’m a ton more healthy, mentally and emotionally. Things that seemed so urgent when I drank just don’t anymore. Like today, I have plenty of important things to do but I just rested. My body needed rest today but now I’m feeling I’m going to be behind all week. I think when I was drinking, my motivation was to get all pressing things completely done so I could get drunk without the pressure of not getting important things done or possibly creating a lie that I worked so hard I deserved to get raging drunk as often as I did. I do hope a healthy balance comes because there is a definite lack of drive
Yeah that’s a good point and I relate. I find myself saying now, oh I’ll get to that later or I’ll do that tomorrow because technically I know I’ll be sober and able to get to it later or tomorrow but then I don’t. I find a reason to check out and rest. But then my anxiety climbs because I feel like I’m not doing enough. And I’m left with the same feeling I had when I was drinking which is that I’m getting away with something and I have all this fear that I’m going to be found out as a lazy employee who doesn’t follow through. That’s a lot haha but I’m fully in the Sunday scaries right now
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That's the best way I've heard it described Brian. My doctor thinks it's my anxiety meds working... Kind of makes sense, I too would hurry up and get my to do list done, and I was also still trying to convince everyone I didn't have a problem
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I found that I had no motivation and it didn’t improve, even after a few years. Went to doctor and found out that I had under active thyroid. No wonder I had no motivation, couldn’t stay focused or concentrate and had mood swings