The period when I was actively using drugs and destroying my life was characterized by one drama after another, mostly of my own making. The same was true during my severe workaholism phase.
There were also aspects of my life that were comedic, thankfully, but drama reigned on most days. Not unexpectedly, being enfolded in drama so much of the time was exhausting for someone already tired out from addictive behavior.
In recovery, we eventually lose the desire to seek out, create, or participate in drama. It's not an easy transition.
For many of us, family dramas played out on the regular in our homes. When drama is the baseline reality of our lives, we naturally gravitate toward it because we aren't comfortable living without it.
As our feelings and our circumstances regulate in recovery, our tolerance for high drama is lowered and lowered again. We stop creating it in our lives, and we learn to walk away from it when others create it for us.