Hello 4AM
I know exactly what you mean, I feel it too. I'm slowly but surely finding other things to do but it's tough. Everyone I know drinks and as one of the guys at AA said to me this week, no one understands the loneliness of an alcoholic.
I'm actively looking for things to do in the evening, at the moment I'm just going for runs in the park, walks around town, checking out the Onsen, that kind of thing.
The short term memory loss is something I'm just getting over right now. It was really bad last week, check out the link.
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...mory-loss.html