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Let's Talk About the B-Word: BOREDOM 😴
Can we have a real conversation about something nobody wants to admit? Sometimes sobriety is straight up BORING. And that boredom? It's one of the biggest reasons people go back out.
We've been ripping and running for so long - chaos, drama, crisis, adrenaline, substances - that our brains literally don't know how to handle calm. We've been living at 100mph for years, and suddenly we hit the brakes and everything feels... quiet. Still. Slow.
And our minds start screaming "SOMETHING'S WRONG! WHERE'S THE CHAOS? WHERE'S THE NOISE?"
Here's what I'm learning in my recovery: we have to really think about what we've done to our minds and bodies throughout our addiction. We've put them through absolute hell. We've trained our nervous systems to expect constant stimulation, constant drama, constant something. We've trained our brains NOT to be calm, NOT to be still, NOT to find peace in quiet moments.
So when you shut all that down and choose sobriety, there's gonna be this period where life doesn't seem to move as fast. Where Saturday nights feel long. Where you're sitting there like "now what?" and the silence feels deafening.
But here's the beautiful truth nobody tells you: you have to learn how to put the brakes on. You have to learn how to close your eyes, take a deep breath, relax, and actually ENJOY the moment you're in.
Enjoy that one more minute you made it clean and sober. Enjoy the fact that your phone isn't blowing up with chaos. Enjoy the fact that you're not wondering where you're gonna sleep tonight or how you're gonna fix the mess you made yesterday.
Enjoy the quietness that your life is now.
I know it takes time. I know it feels weird at first. You literally have to teach yourself how to be calm, almost like learning to walk all over again. You have to rewire your brain to find peace in the stillness instead of panic.
Some nights I sit in my house and it's so quiet I can hear my own heartbeat, and my old self would have immediately reached for something to fill that space. But now? I'm learning to hear that heartbeat as a victory song. I'm alive. I'm sober. I'm safe.
The boredom is temporary. The peace that comes after is permanent.
If you're struggling with the quiet tonight, that's normal. That's part of the process. Your brain is just learning a new way to be. Give it time. Give yourself grace.
The calm you're craving is coming. Promise. 💙
Keep going, especially through the boring parts.
#Recovery #BoredomIsNormal #FindingPeace #KeepGoing #SobrietyIsWorthIt #LearningToBeCalm
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Let's Talk About the B-Word: BOREDOM 😴
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