Glad you went for ice cream instead. One drink doesn't even begin to touch it anyway--just stirs up the dragon. . . People like us don't ever have just one and are happy about it. |
heres a reply I had in another thread: "I'm bored" or that there's "nothing to do" in early sobriety" Oooohhh I had them words a time or 100 early on. got called out on it. " youre not bored. youre lazy and self centered. theres a million things to do. you just wanna do what you wannna do." |
Originally Posted by Delizadee
(Post 6014664)
Try and look at this way... if you're already reasoning it treat as a relapse BEFORE you take that one drink. Stop digging the hole and get out now. You're already in pretty deep. They say it's the thinking that leads up to the drink that is the problem and the actual relapse. Being bored is not a good reason (if any reason is) to throw away your sobriety. There are many things to do if bored. Trust me, boredom is one of my issues, too. Read, walk, GO TO A MTG, put yourself to bed early, call a friend (sponsor?), cook, go throw darts or bowling or whatever, go.... Just don't drink. That way, you won't find out what happens afterwards. |
being bored is a really good reason to find out about yourself, about what kinds of things you like to do by going and trying a bunch of different things. would one drink hurt? not if you're the person who can just have one, with a few sips left in the glass, and then happily go get engaged in something else without giving it another thought. i'm not that person. doesn't sound like you are, either? the boredom is a pointer, really, to some of the "work" you'll need to do. |
Would one drink hurt on the weekend? My alcoholic mind tells me it won't. But the healthy part of me knows that it will. |
One drink might not hurt, but all the subsequent drinks would hurt. And since one drink usually leads to more drinks, I would probably tell you to avoid that first drink. |
Originally Posted by Totalpackage85
(Post 6014558)
But I'm just so BORED!! |
You'll have to find other things to occupy your time. If you find things that you love to do, you'll soon find you have no time for drinking, let alone obsessing about it. |
Originally Posted by Totalpackage85
(Post 6014558)
I have been sober for 2 weeks! I'm just so BORED!! If one is alcoholic? Better to be bored sober than running with the liquid devil. Mountainman |
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