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Former Addict Celebrates 10th Year Of Mind-Numbing Boredom

I wish I didn't see sobriety in this light, but I often do :-( But I keep at it.

From the satirical news site, The Onion:
Former Addict Celebrates 10th Year Of Mind-Numbing Boredom


PHOENIX—Tom Stubbens, 44, a former heroin abuser, attended a party in his honor to celebrate a full decade of clean, sober, and dismally tedious living Tuesday. "The crazy gang of partiers I used to have so much fun with in the '90s wouldn't even recognize the clean and respectable person standing before you today," said Stubbens, raising an iced tea to friends at his regular evening haunt, the 36th Avenue Denny's. "Yup, but here I am... that person."

Stubbens then retired to his apartment, where he watered his plants, organized his sock drawer, and fell asleep on the couch


Former Addict Celebrates 10th Year Of Mind-Numbing Boredom | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
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The onion is always good for a laugh.

Having said that, i'd rather be boring than dead. Or divorced, or broke, or bedridden, or hungover, or any combination of the above.
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Old 07-26-2013, 12:38 PM
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I love being bored.
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Old 07-26-2013, 12:44 PM
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Very funny. I love the Onion too.

Boring to some perhaps, but it sure beats the misery of the alternative.
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Originally Posted by ScottFromWI View Post
Having said that, i'd rather be boring than dead. Or divorced, or broke, or bedridden, or hungover, or any combination of the above.
Yes, that's what I tell myself. Funny, but only a few years ago I wasn't bored when I wasn't drinking, and I rarely associated fun with alcohol . . . now my brain automatically associates fun with drinking (even though drinking hasn't been "fun" these last few years).

I wish I could hire a neurologist and have him/her spend a day rewiring my brain back to its normal state. But I guess it's all things in due time.
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Old 07-26-2013, 12:49 PM
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I love my drama free, uneventful life. Any day over my past.
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Originally Posted by deeker View Post
I love my drama free, uneventful life.
There is a part of me that likes living on the edge, courting danger, being the rebel.

But there is a big part of my that likes routine, the little things in life, the simple things. I just need to nurture that side of my personality and give it room to grow.
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Live music is pritty thriling .. get up on stage and sing at people ... some of them even like it

Sat at home behind drawn curtains chugging wine hoping nobody knocked was boring .

Lots to do and see , make and change now ,

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Yep, me at 27 would look at me at 37 and think "How boring!"

Now, me at 37 looks at me at 27 and thinks "What a waste."

Perspective is a beautiful thing. I would rather mindfully watch paint dry than get drunk and have fun.
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The "high life" is crazily over rated while sobriety has a smooth,creative, and peaceful essence.
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I danced on the edge of a razor blade in bare feet for a lot of years...I like my quiet little life now.

Boring tho? never.
There are not enough hours in the day to do what I want to do

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Yep, me at 27 would look at me at 37 and think "How boring!"

Now, me at 37 looks at me at 27 and thinks "What a waste."

Perspective is a beautiful thing. I would rather mindfully watch paint dry than get drunk and have fun.
Love it Paul. Although I found the satire funny...I guess the idea of drinking equating fun somewhat rubs me the wrong way...and sobriety equating boredom. Ditto. I can be a dramatic, difficult, impulsive, impetuous, flakey, spinny, edgey ******** with or without alcohol...albeit a lot less : )
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I think I'm 'boring' since I've been sober however everyone has told me how much more fun and pleasant I am. Plus I am able to earn more at work and gym everyday.

So I am happy to think I am boring, than wake up with a hangover and struggle through work earning no money!
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It's 9:30 p.m. on a Friday night and I am in bed surfing the Internet on my iPad. Sigh.
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There's no reason life is suddenly boring without alcohol. I got active in my community on my last go-around, and even though I started drinking again, I stuck with it. I made a huge impact to hundreds of people and still do. I've backed away from it for now, but when I feel stable enough I'll continue, and do more besides. All the excitement and drama is there, just not the booze.
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Maybe alcoholic life is not boring: jail, hospital, dui, blackout, panic attack, job loss, fights, insomnia, withdrawals, hungovers, sweats, divorce... So funny! I loved hiding bottles, lying and not remembering the night before, or waking at 3am with an anxiety attack. It was so amusing!
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Michaelangelo, exactly what I was thinking. I can do without that "fun". And because I'm not hungover and tired and cranky all the time, I feel like there's more time to do stuff I like. Now this is the life!!

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That reminds me. I need to organize my sock drawer!
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Want excitement? Take up skydiving. I can't think of anything more mundane or ordinary than sitting on my a** drinking. Oh and I was certainly unique and different when I drank. There's some real edge blowing living. So rare the drunk lifestyle, it is so difficult to find a drink when you need one or anyone to drink with you. The effort it took was right up there with completing a triathlon.

The Onion is a hoot.
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I love my drama free, uneventful life. Any day over my past.
Yes yes yes! Can't add anymore to this,thanks Deeker
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