Walk In Dry Places

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.