With the holidays approaching what are some positive coping stategies to get thru the anxiety and maintain sobriety ??
Have u tried aa ? It’s a great way to meet soba friends and have people around us to help with recovery x
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Stay away from people and places with alcohol. Try staying around family who doesn’t drink and understand you wanting to stay sober.
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Being of service. Aunt Linda going on about when you are going to find a nice man and have some children so you don’t disappoint your mother? Uncle Mel going on about politics? Tired of the weather or sportsball ?
Rather than going off on them — politely remove yourself from the conversation/situation (bathroom break!) and figure out what you can do for others. My guess is that dishes need washed, food put away, or looking after small children so others can mingle. Maybe the dog needs a pet! In being of service to others, you are keeping yourself occupied and busy – and more importantly out of the squirrel cage in your head and sober.
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I’m in NA.
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Have u got any soba friends u could maybe hang out with from na fellowship x
The Holidays always brings a feeling of loneliness to me. 2 years ago on Thanksgiving I relapsed I wasn’t connected to a power greater than myself I wasn’t working the steps and I didn’t have a sponsor. However today I have all three of those things. So needless to say today I don’t have that loneliness. God sponsorship and the steps is how I cope with Holiday anxiety and also everything else life brings my way. And today I have 118 days sober. Thank you God for my life today everything good and everything bad. Today I’m sober so when I look back at how my life used to be I have so much gratitude. I have a purpose a direction to aim in and my higher power fills that void where loneliness once dwelled and now I see that I have to help another alcoholic or addict to fill that void in them