Originally Posted by
tufty13 
Thanks BB, I am giving myself some positive feedback for abstaining from alcohol but have definitely got sidetracked by everything else.
My addiction appears to stem from the requirement to get a buzz. It's like I don't actually do ANYTHING AT ALL unless it excites me.
If it's boring and mundane I just don't do it. Is that familiar to you at all?
Absolutely. I actually have very few interests other than catching a buzz. So I'm trying to change that. Forcing myself to do the stuff that I'm just so so on in hopes I'll come to like it. Exploring hobbies and interests.
I took a Drunk Drivers weekend retreat in lui of jail when I got caught in 2013. It was explained that it will take time in sobriety to feel like normal fun is actually fun. Our sense of a "good time" is so out of whack.
Mundane things ignored? I fold laundry once every two months. :-)