There is so much more to life than alcohol and drugs. Get out there!!!
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Since we are pretty much city neighbors, I know know you definitely can relate.
I think early in sobriety it feels that but I’m having more fun than what I was drinking my ass off. But if you see sobriety as a curse then it’s going to be hard to live in it? Mine is a gift
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@Chad_R I definitely think sobriety is a gift. Not a curse. What I am saying is that my current life, was fun when I was drinking but is no longer fun sober because everyone in this town is just stale because they spend their lives in a bar. I’m not saying sober life isn’t fun. I’m saying drunk life isn’t fun sober. All of the local’s in this town have peter pan syndrom. I don’t want to be 50 still sitting in a bar, having the same tired conversations with the same tired people. I want more. There is more to life.
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I get what you are expressing. I have even posted further up about it with you. I was just commenting in general I had read a couple of comments about it being sentence imposed on them. But I see how you meant it.
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I totally relate. I also live in a small town, a township, actually, of a larger tourist town. The number one hobby? Drinking. The number one problem? Drinking.
I also date a bartender who loves the local scene, and doesn’t intend to quit drinking or smoking weed/tobacco. He has, however, begun to acknowledge that a number of his old friends are no fun anymore because they just get wasted all the time.
I am only creeping up on day 4 now of cold turkey quitting all of the above, which i used multiple times daily, and a small daily dose of adhd stimulants (legit Rx). Day 1 I remembered I’m actually talented at drawing when I’m not stoned. Day 2 I remembered I love to laugh and sing about things Im doing, especially at work. Day 3 I started hula hoop dancing.
At first I felt like I didn’t know what to do with myself when I’d normally be smoking or drinking. Now I’m able to imagine actually accomplishing something…as long as my relationships stay supportive and my excitement for life remains contagious. 
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I ran into this a lot. It’s because after I stopped drinking, I realized that it wasn’t me with a boring life, it was them. But I also realized that if I didn’t “find” something else to do with my “boring” life, that it would, in fact, become boring. I took up mountain biking, hiking, painting, and a few other thinks I had “always wanted to do” but was partying too much to find the time. I even bough myself an acoustic guitar with online lessons! Yes, I’m going to teach myself to play! But the biggest thing in doing this is that I’m making new friends that enjoy the same things that I do and I’m learning to do and appreciate new things in life. Re-iterating the sentiments from those that replied to your post, you have a big block of “life” available to you now. You have to live it and fill it up with something meaningful to YOU so that you don’t go back and fill it with things from that “boring life you knew”… Wishing the best to you!
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