mid 30s here, drank in high school on the weekends..20s i found ghb and then opiates and dove right into addiction.got on methadone and got clean off of that and i stayed completely clean for about a year and a half(i didnt even take caffeine during this time) and i wouldnt say my sober time was painful but just straight up DULL..i would be asked to parties or other social functions i used to go to when i was high and all of my enthusiasm was gone...i would try and force myself to these same social functions sober and i was ready to leave within a half hour..it simply wasnt the same, no matter how i tried to lie to myself..so i started to become a recluse just reading, watching movies and playing videogames, working out..even after years of clean time my brain still seemed to have a very difficult time feeling pleasure..i wouldnt say im bored but i consider it more that my brain seems 'shell-shocked' meaning it was bombarded by pleasure chemicals so much in the past that it has lost its ability to feel pleasure and enjoyment..this part of sobriety(anhedonia) i hate to say has NOT gotten much better at all and ive tried welbutrin and other ssris to fix this...still no good result..i find i have to get a hard workout in every day in order to just wake my brain up...
to get sober u really have to change your lifestyle completely around and then to stay sober it requires even more effort..only things i recommend are getting your diet on track and exercising..beyond that im lost too..
to get sober u really have to change your lifestyle completely around and then to stay sober it requires even more effort..only things i recommend are getting your diet on track and exercising..beyond that im lost too..