I can't remember how long you have been sober, but for my
first year plus I felt like my IQ had dropped several points. My mind felt dull, I couldn't follow the plot of a book (I am a voracious reader), I struggled at work because I couldn't remember anything. I could go on but you get the idea. I was starting to believe that I had wrecked my brain!
It took time but eventually I started enjoying my books again, I was retaining information, and my mental sharpness returned. My brain came back to me!
The one thing that helped me during that time was the promise I made to myself to view my first year of sobriety as a time of healing. No pressure to be or do, just to rest and heal.
(((notgonnastoptry)))
(and by the way, I am a smart woman but I haven't figured out what you do for a living
)