Feeling Bored or Blah in Early Sobriety

Maintaining happiness without drugs involves adopting various strategies aimed at enhancing well-being. One effective approach is engaging in regular physical exercise. Activities like running, swimming, or even dancing trigger the release of endorphins, which can boost mood and provide a natural sense of euphoria. And as much as I want to, I’m not going to drink.

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You know, after you get through the days when you are so tired. And you just need to not talk to people and feel like you have the flu, you can look around and see those activities and that people are hiding in plain sight. We almost have tunnel vision when we quit drinking. We think that everyone around drinking out of boredom strengths that every activity involves alcohol, because drinking has been our constant companion. It’s what we sit outside on the deck with in the evenings.

• They may worry that without drugs or alcohol to keep them entertained; they will have nothing to fill their free time.
• If you haven’t read the Sober Lush, go ahead and pick it up.
• Goal setting in recovery can also be helpful in fighting boredom.
• But that is because it gave them a hit and a distraction.
• I would like to invite anyone reading this to be patient with themselves, and to find ways to adjust to their boredom and discomfort with doing something different.
• I had to go experience them and look around.

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And I turned it into a raised garden bed with beautiful salt and pepper stones in between them. I posted incredible pictures on my Pinterest board about beautiful vegetable gardens and flower gardens. I went to the garden store and I bought the seeds and the plants. I ordered the cedar raised beds from the gardeners supply company, I planted dahlias and then took pictures of them when they grew and gave myself bouquets of fresh flowers. I planted cherry tomatoes and ate them right off the vine.

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Because those are the things that are going to keep your sobriety going. You need to follow the divine breadcrumbs of things that spark some joy in drug addiction early sobriety, you need to follow joy and pleasure that exist without substances, creativity and ideas. The course includes the exact step-by-step coaching framework I work through with my private coaching clients, but at a much more affordable price than one-on-one coaching. And The Sobriety Starter Kit® is ready, waiting and available to support you anytime you need it, when it fits into your schedule. You don’t need to work your life around group meetings or classes at a specific day or time. This course is not a 30 day challenge, or a one day at a time approach.