keithj

Contrary to what a lot of others have posted, I found that I could not stay sober by filling my life with other activities. Boredom was not my fundamental problem, nor were attempts to alleviate boredom very useful for long term sobriety. It worked the other way around for me.

By focusing almost exclusively on some core-level recovery, the rest of my life got fulfilled almost by itself. I didn't have to go looking for things to do. Instead, with a new freedom of recovery, I took interest in many old things, and also interest in things I would never have considered.

Life itself got interesting and fun. And it didn't matter all that much what I did, I could extract some joy and fulfillment out of it.

My life has never been busier and more fulfilling than it is now. And all I have to do is keep living by the principles of recovery.