TimFoot

I find that along with my calmer, less nervous self, I am also lazier now that I am not drinking. Is that weird or what? Maybe I over-compensated for my being buzzed by taking care of all kinds of household chores like a madman, but now it takes me a lot of motivating to get off the couch and take care of things.

Bimm

Happily, just the opposite for me. I stay bizzy most of the time.

DarrenW

I stay pretty busy know thankfully. I have put off many things over the years. I may never catch up.

1undone

Me too!!!!!!!!

mattparadise

I keep busy. I have some time wasting hobbies though.

Lily

I can relate Timfoot. I do hated doing mundane chores w/out a buzz, but the longer I stayed clean and sober, the easier they became. Being sober for me isn't about going by my feelings anymore, (I don't wanna do it cuz I don't FEEL like it) but living each day and doing stuff I just don't wanna do.

Many times I relapsed cuz things had gotten out of control and I thought i needed HELP.

My sponsor in addition to calling her in the AM likes me to put one thing on my list to do today, something that I need to CROSS OFF my list so my HEAD would feel better having it done.

Hang in there, it gets better!!

Lily

sissy07

At almost four mos. sober, I am lazier than I have been in a very long time..I think part of my lack of motivation is being overwhelmed by everything, with a touch of depression. I am starting to get my gardening/house decorating spark back, but right now I am just trying to keep the house somewhat clean, and take care of what I have to. I work in Legal full time so I stay busy during the day, and go to bed earlier than my wine marathons of time past. I do know what is on tv everynight, and I am on SR a lot of the time, my animals are enjoying much longer walks these days, and the music is cranked up all over the house!

As long as I stay sober, it is all good.

Dee74

I found I was not very motivated and a little blank for a while...I think not drinking was a such huge shock to me - my life used to centre around it - I had to deal with that massive change before anything else.

my motivation came back tho

D

NewBeginning010

I think I am more in touch with my body now & sometimes like to take a good old nap on the couch. I do think my coffee usage has gone up a bit though (puts on another pot ;-)

Depending on how long you have quit for I found my body/mind needed a lot of rest adjusting to not having tons of sugar through booze & all of its effects no longer in my body.

Getting up & going for a walk or getting active helps too. It will get better.

Take care ~ NB

VoiceinmyHead

I do not know if I am lazy or just exhausted! I go to work feeling great, then about 3:30 my usually "start" time my body just shuts down and I just do not want to do anything! I could sleep from 4:00 pm til 8:00 am the next day no problem! Maybe I will good for a wlak today and get out!

least

I was rather lazy early on but got my energy back and now it just depends... Some days are better than others.

Pigtails

In my typical extreme, all-or-nothing style, I am either too busy or too lazy. I try to do so much, or nothing, all at once. It's exhausting. I am trying to find a better balance. To keep myself occupied with healthy things, relax sometimes, and work hard when necessary/good for me.

Taking5

The first 2 weeks I was pretty worthless then I snapped out of it and was OK.

ACT10Npack

Im lazy when I'm sobering up but it passes me.
I'm lazy when I'm drunk, so its all good.

Jay1980

I'm much more active sober. If I get bored or have free time that's bad for me 'cause I'll wanna drink.

pikkle69

Much more active not drinking and being hung over though not so much as when I'm popping hydrocodone... though 3 or 4 days of that and I'm about as useful as a wet leaf!

eJoshua

The first few times I tried to get sober I think I was pretty lazy, but this time I'm putting a lot of work into my recovery and a lot of work into living life in general. I think it's important to fight to overcome your laziness, just like you fight against your addiction.

Just my $0.02

EmeraldRose

This past year I have encountered many phases of my energy. At first, the usual fog clouded my head and I sat in that density for a week or so. Once my mind started clearing I stayed here to understand my new feelings and life. Get a grip on things.
I didn't do a whole lot and based most of my day around recovery.
Then I started planning things and acting on them. I didn't feel like I 'had' to stay busy. My body and mind started to relax after 30 years of tailspinning. I was always busy taking care of things, looking and acting functional, useful -and using alot of energy to keep up the fascade.
Now...I am my own person, I have grown into my own skin, I am mentally more balanced and don't feel the need to prove anything to my family (since I'm alone now). I can lie in bed in the morning, take a nap (which I hadn't done since I was 3 or passed out) and when a spurt of energy comes I act on it but don't feel guilty anymore sitting here for hours if I want to.
I don't call it lazy, I call it inactive.

Snowbawl

I can definitely relate to your post. I'm 5 days sober and all I want to do is sleep. It's like I'm glued to my bed in the morning. But all in all I feel a million times better throughout the day when I'm not disgustingly hungover.

RV GTO

In the end, more active sober. Problem I had is I may have been a bit more active performing mundane chores after the first few drinks, then it would go downhill very quickly.