Do you know that uncomfortable feeling when the busyness of life slows down?

Maybe it’s a slow Sunday afternoon, or a weekday evening that’s unusually quiet. When the noise of the day settles, it can feel like something is missing.

Suddenly, the urge to find a distraction—any distraction—rushes in. We instinctively reach for the smartphone, the remote… and for many high-functioning drinkers, the bottle.

Let me know if this sounds familiar: For a moment, the drink seems to help. The nagging discomfort fades, replaced by a buzzing numbness. You exhale, “Now this feels better,” and conclude that a glass of wine is the cure for boredom .

But the next day, you found yourself back in the same cycle.

If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone. There’s a deeper kind of boredom many high-func

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