Isnt a sober life going to be so boring?

[network]

Isnt a sober life going to be so boring?

Well, I know I cannot drink and i don't. I'm doing very well, but I do find sober life boring. No more dramas happening. Seriously.

[Pride before Fall]

Isnt a sober life going to be so boring?

Addiction to drama is a whole 'nother addiction, Network!

[sapphire1]

Isnt a sober life going to be so boring?

I couldnt agree more about life ina drunken haze being boring. When you are lurching from one room to another holding on to furniture and walls to stop you from falling over, spilling food all over the floor, almost burning down the house because you have fallen asleep and left the oven on; the bills are piling up because you cant see properly to open them; the house is a mess; there is a trail of vomit from the bedroom to the bathroom; the kids keep finding the booze and tipping it down the sink; you come to after a week, sanity kicks in, go cold turkey for the zillionith time; sick as a dog on the couch for seven days; welcome to the party!!!!!!! 15 days sober and feeling great!!!!

[patrice]

Isnt a sober life going to be so boring?

KTAB
What a fab post and great replies.. thank you all
Patricex

[mario]

Isnt a sober life going to be so boring?

KTAB;925653 wrote: Many times here the question has been asked by people newly arrived to the site, What will I do if I dont drink, surely it will be a boring existence? I came across this passage in a brilliant book I have been reading for a while now. It explains it far more eloquently than I could. I hope it makes as much sense to you as it did me.

"If any group knows about renunciation, it is recovering addicts and alcoholics. Many of us imagined sobriety as a bleak, boring place where all the fun was sucked out of life and we would live in an eternal purgatory of partylessness. Instead, most of us find an entirely new life, one we couldn't have imagined. Sobriety isn't just a matter of removing drugs and alcohol from our lives. In fact, that's only a small part of it. Sobriety is finding a new way of living that involves engagement where there was withdrawal: generosity where there was self-centeredness: community where there was isolation: joy where there was bitterness: trust where there was cynicism."

Thanks ktabs i certainly have found a new life with a very new enthusiasm,

[Tabbers (a.k.a. KTAB)]

Isnt a sober life going to be so boring?

I have finished this brilliant book and have posted some of my thoughts on it in the 'What we believe' section so as not to offend any member's religious/atheist/agnostic beliefs.

[rebirth]

Isnt a sober life going to be so boring?

Oh sapphire1 !! Thats exactly how I remember my drinking days. That's ME to a tee!! My life is so much better since I have stopped drinking. ..and I am still the life and soul of a party! Instead of feeding my addiction by hanging out in bars I do more active stuff such as bowling, going to the cinema. I DONT CARE to be in a drinking environment and I have absolutely NO interest to be around drunks. Talk about a 360 turn in my attitude!

This book is brilliant. Chill mentioned in before in one of her posts about a month ago. It's an inspiring read so far. I would definitely buy it.

[K9Lover]

Isnt a sober life going to be so boring?

Nope, sober life is NOT boring. What is boring is how I used to sit like a lump on the couch cracking open beer after beer after beer. Then stumbling off to bed, but still having the energy to send off a few mean drunken texts. Fast forward 5 months: Working out at the gym, making healthy dinner, having meaningful conversations with my daughter, running around at the dog park....nope, not bored at all!

[Peacefull]

Isnt a sober life going to be so boring?

Wow, great post. That is exactly how I am feeling today, not that life is going to be boring, but that it is going to be sooooooo much better.

:new:Having experienced the immense joy of being sober I am anxious for peace again.

[rebirth]

Isnt a sober life going to be so boring?

Peaceseeking I hear this often. I think I will have to accept that I will never be able to moderate no matter how long my sobriety is. It's my excessive personality. Thanks for your post.