The Boredom battle Acceptance and Patience. All of us have times when we don't enjoy our sobriety as much as we feel we should. Thought we're still grateful, we sometimes feel bored and depressed. What we have to remember at such times is our bleak history of using alcohol as a quick fix for boredom. However ruinous and false it proved to be, alcohol did temporarily bring the miraculous change we sought. We thought of alcohol as a means of uplifting our mood. We were very surprised to learn that it's really a depressant. Maybe it lifted us up by depressing our self-doubt and self-criticism. Whatever the nature of our drinking, we need to stay sober while fighting our battles with boredom. We can do that by accepting a bit of boredom without succumbing to it. Meanwhile, we can look for ways of easing boredom that don't get us into trouble or lead back to the bottle. I'll not feel guilty or unworthy if boredom strikes me now and then. Today I'll help manage my long-term boredom tendencies by practicing acceptance and patience for twenty-four hours.
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"We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have. "
I so enjoy these readings! This has been me all week! BORED!!!! Of course I have a million household duties I could perform! My car is in the shop for the week so I have no transportation to go farting around.
The last two days I have gotten my kids up at six then went back to bed when they left for school. My husband thinks Im crazy but it felt so good just doing nothing all bundled up. My mind is in a big old blah zone but I feel ok. Not great, not sad , just blah! Help! lol
So, the big old plan for today is: get out the big book, Im meeting with my sponsor tomorrow to go over step 10.
I just hate this feeling of nothingness in a way. Its nothing I would drink over but Ive seen similar posts...its the dang weather..... So, maybe I'll jump on a plane and go somewhere where the sun is shining and the bikini (lol) weather is calling! Or in my case, if I keep laying around, the moomoo weather!!!!
Everyone enjoy your day! I guess I should be grateful there isnt alot of chaos in my life today!!!
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"We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have. "
