Spiritual Minded Military Arkansas Army Reserve: Why Does Sobriety Make Me Bored? The Excitement Gap Protocol

 

THE QUESTION YOU DO NOT SAY OUT LOUD

You stopped drinking. Thirty days. Sixty. Ninety. You were expecting to feel alive. You expected energy. You expected clarity.

Rather, you're depressed.

The weekend is outstretched in front of you as a blank highway. The nights are too long. It's too quiet for me. So there are no bottles here; there's empty space, and nothing's come to fill it.

A dangerous question occurs to you: "Why? Why be sober if it's all there is?

Failure is not a question. Data is that question. The data shows you're experiencing an excitement gap.

That question is not a failure. That question is data. The data says you have an Excitement Gap.

"I have come that they may have life and have it to the full." — John 10:10

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THE LIE THE ENEMY WHISPERS

The enemy doesn't need your bottle. He only wants you to be bored.

His least appreciated weapon is boredom. He understands that a “bored” soldier will come to the conclusion that “drinking again is worth it” because at least there was something to do while drunk.

“You were more fun when you drank,” he whispers. He tells me in a low voice, "There is nothing exciting now. He whispers, "Perhaps this is the nature of you now.

The enemy is a deceiver.

It's not your new personality that causes the boredom. Boredom is a gap. The gap is the space between what you used to do to feel alive and what you will do now.

The bridge is the Excitement Gap Protocol.

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THE EXCITEMENT GAP

This is what took place. Your brain used to get its supply of dopamine from alcohol for years. Dopamine is the chemical of excitement, anticipation, and reward. You consumed too much alcohol, and it released dopamine into your body. Your brain had its own supply turned off.

The alcohol has been removed now. Your brain is still not used to making dopamine on its own. The excitement gap is the difference between alcohol dopamine and your natural dopamine.

The space is like a void and an emptiness. The space is as if it were level. The distance seems to make nothing seem important.

The gap isn't forever. The gap means a healing process. This Excitement Gap Protocol speeds up the healing process.

THE EXCITEMENT GAP PROTOCOL

1.  Replace

You can't get rid of the need to be excited. Replacement of the source is possible.

Your brain still wants the routine. The cold glass. The condensation. The first sip. The indication of the end of a working day and the start of relaxation.

Don't take away the ritual. Replace the contents.

Drink Cellular Hydrate—Electrolyte Formula in a glass after drill weekend. The same glass used for whiskey! The same ritual. The same stillness at the same time. The drink changes. The release does not have the following features.

Make Spiritual Minded Mushroom Coffee Blend in the evening. The warmth. The flavor. The pause. The ritual is designed to cue your brain: "We are transitioning; we are relaxing; we are safe.

The ritual isn't as strong as the booze. The rites are more pure.

2. Challenge

Boredom is not synonymous with inactivity. Boredom is an expression of lack of challenge.

You are a soldier. Your brain is designed for problem solving, threats, and missions. Your brain will make boredom when there isn't a challenge. Your brain is a problem solver that is screaming for attention, and that is caused by boredom.

Give it one.

Learn something hard. A language. An instrument. A skill. It is better to learn than to be bored. Frustration is an indication that your brain is doing its job. Your brain is a living organ!

Practice is more difficult than the ACFT. A marathon. A ruck race. A competition. The target provides your brain with a goal. The target provides you with thrill.

3. Connect

Drinking was social. The bar was your tribe. The bottle was your attachment.

The enemy wants you to think that if you aren't drunk, you don't have a tribe. The enemy is a liar.

Your Spiritual Minded Military shirt is not a t-shirt! It is a signal. I'm sober; I'm a soldier, and I'm looking for my tribe.

Take it to the Legion Hall! Please wear it to the armory. Take it to the supermarket. They will appear to you in the Remnant. The Remnant will come near them. The Remnant will be created.

One text. Three words. "You good?" You can't deny the connection is exciting.

"Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. If either falls down, one can help the other up." — Ecclesiastes 4:9-10

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WHAT THE GAP TEACHES YOU

The excitement gap isn't an opponent; it's a friend! Your teacher is the excitement gap.

The gap reveals what you really like. Not the kind of fun you think you had in the past while drinking.

The gap is for the purpose of teaching tolerance for distress. Boredom isn't hazardous. Boredom is not an emergency. Boredom is an experience. Boredom doesn't necessarily lead to drunkenness!

The space is where you'll learn to create genuine excitement. The non-hangover kind. The type that doesn't make you feel bad. The kind that doesn't make you want more.

The margin narrows gradually. The gap closes surely. The gap narrows when the person ceases to run away from it and begins walking through it!

THE THREE-WORD DAILY CHECK

Ask yourself 3 questions every morning.

1. Replace: Were there other rituals today that I changed over from the drinking one? Were there any regrets before I had a cell hydration device or mushroom coffee?
2. Challenge: What was my challenge for the day? Was there an important lesson I gained? Was I prepared for anything? Did I get my brain turned on?
3. Connect: Did I reach out to someone today? Did I send the text? Did I wear my Spiritual Minded Military shirt? Did I let the Remnant see me?

Three words. Three questions. Three minutes. The daily check closes the gap one day at a time.

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THE TIMELINE OF THE GAP

The excitement gap does not close overnight. Here is what to expect.

• In the first thirty days, the gap feels huge. Everything is flat. Nothing is exciting. You wonder if sobriety is worth it.
• From days thirty to ninety, you start to notice small moments. A laugh that surprises you. A meal that tastes better. A morning when you wake up before the alarm and feel... something.
• From days ninety to one hundred eighty, the gap shrinks. You find new activities. You build new friendships. You forget that you used to need a drink to have fun.
• After six months, the gap is mostly closed. You look back and realize you have not been bored in weeks. You have been too busy living.

The gap is not a punishment. The gap is a process. The Excitement Gap Protocol is the process.

"Weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning." — Psalm 30:5

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Conclusion

Arkansas Army Reserve, you asked, "Why does sobriety make me bored?"

The answer is the Excitement Gap. The gap between alcohol-fueled dopamine and your brain's natural reward system. The gap is not a life sentence. The gap is a healing process.

Replace the ritual with Cellular Hydrate and Mushroom Coffee. Challenge yourself with something hard. Connect with your tribe through your Spiritual Minded Military shirt.

The enemy wants you bored. The enemy wants you to believe that sobriety is empty. The enemy is a liar.

The Excitement Gap Protocol fills the gap. Not with alcohol. With life.

The Remnant does not transition. The Remnant re-enlists.

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