Two weeks today guys!!! We can do this. Getting a little bored these couple of days. I know I need to find a new hobby that keeps my adhd brain under control. Any ideas would be great!!! 
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Congrats on 2 weeks. There’s a million things you can do. Pretty much anything you’ve ever wanted to but couldn’t because alcohol or drugs took up all your time. If you wanna workout do it. Start a good book do it. Literally anything.
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Hell Yeah Ash – 2 weeks is amazing work!
i totally get the bored feeling - finding ways to keep myself busy and distracted was key in the early days and still helps if the urges come on strong.
a few suggestions:
go walking / jogging / running
Cook or bake
knitting or crocheting
paint by colors or drawing books
games on the phone
go to the gym or try some home workouts (apps on phone or YouTube videos)
Watch movies or tv series
Puzzles
Reading - maybe try a quit lit book (a few threads here with great suggestions)
Spend time on this site - i enjoy reading others posts and sometimes that is enough to get me past the urges. The Just For Fun threads are also great to engage in
Wishing you luck my friend - keep pushing forward 
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Great job on your 2 weeks of sanity! Now Jasmine gave you a big ol’ list of really good things. I’ll shoot from this angle…
Consider creating a “Remember the bad shit” journal that you fill out with all the terrible things, times, outcomes you can think of from when you were drinking and or drugging.
It’s healthy, self reflection and can be a very good tool to look at when shitty thoughts come into our heads about going back out!
Just a recommendation, but it all helps!
Hugs & glad you’re here.
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Awesome Ash
Our bodies are healing
As for activities, I went for a nice long drive with a friend last night. It was great not having to worry what my BAC was.
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I really like listening to self help you found videos…and you must change your lifestyle…unfortunately you can have certain friends…at least for right now…it’s my poison so don’t repeat my mistakes
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I think bored is a good thing…I look at it as the price to pay for the shit storm I’ve caused…it’s def not fun and it’s part of the reason why I go in and out in and out…I’m still not comfortable with it
Fact is, there’s many things I can do, go for a walk at a park, hit golf balls, wash my cars, do paperwork, shoot some hoops…personally I need to volunteer more often
YouTube is awesome too…ramd ass, Alan watts, Joe Rogan…watch loudermilk, thewizardliz, listen to aa speaker meetings
Two weeks is freakin hard…don’t make it harder than it needs to…youre gonna be bored for a loooong time do get used to it …
The balance I’m lacking now is my family…I got kicked out the house in July and I’m having a really hard time…I went from seeing them all day every day to 1.5 day per week and they never wanna do what I wanna do lol…I asked my wife if she can leave the house so I can watch a movie and by osmosis, plant the seed if what’s really important…I can’t even kiss in my house I have to drive down the sttreet in alley…it’s fucked but I’m the cause of this…I made my bed do I need to lay in it