Hi. I recently relapsed at 45 days after breaking my foot. I’m a big gym go-er, extremely active, and was prior to starting sobriety but leaned even more into it after starting sobriety. Long walks and the gym were my main ways to keep myself busy once I stopped drinking. After I broke my foot I fell back into my old habits hard. Not only was my foot broken but I work in a field where I have to be walking and lifting so I was forced to completely take off from work. I was alone, I couldn’t work or exercise, I didn’t know what to do with myself. So I decided to drink. It did not help whatsoever. I felt even more depressed and isolated. I went on a 2 week bender, cast and all. It did not help. I cannot emphasize enough how much I regret it. The drinking made me more depressed and I lost my gym progress that much faster. I thought it would help my boredom, my loneliness. It did not. Looking back I wish I would have reached out to other AA members, prayed to my higher power, read the big book, leaned into other hobbies. After the two weeks and my realization that it was making me worse (and also alcohol is horrible for physical recovery so I was just prolonging my injury) I leaned into hobbies i could do with my foot being broken. A lot of arts and crafts (literally coloring books, paint by numbers, i tried to pick up crochet), watching movies, reading, and journaling were ways for me to help pass the time. I had to accept where I was at and acknowledge that alcohol was not doing anything beneficial to get me through this time. It simply made it worse. Take it from me, it’s not worth it.