Ideas and tips for distractions

Tips or ideas on how you manage your time on not going back to addiction,

I wrote sticky notes in my car to help me not want to drink and wrote why I don’t need too so that I can remind myself every single day.

I bought a book online about alcohol addiction so when I feel vulnerable I can read it as a distraction.

I’ve been going to church twice a week instead of once

Go to the gym made new habits

Please share yours

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:blush: I found many during my recovery road.
Here are some:
Walking
Netflix
Chocolat
Reading
Journaling
Being here on TS
Making my own jewelry and going to a goldsmith class ones a week
Voluntering
Listen to recovery podcasts like “recovery elevator”
Reading recovery books like “quit like a woman”
Working out

You will find many more by using the magnifying glass above to find older interesting treads about distraction and hobbies. It’s a subject we like to talk about :wink:

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Congratulations, you realised you have a lot more free and usable time now without the drink. Personally the time that I regained every day is one of the best things sobriety gave me. So many possibilities :relieved:

You can spend your new time in two ways.
First: actively avoiding addiction
Quit lit (reading or audiobooks)
Meetings
Therapy and Counselling
Talking Sober forum
Etc etc

Second: everything else. And I think thats equally important. Not avoiding addiction, but regaining a wholesome life. And TS is such a wholesome community, there is a lot of talk about hobbies. Use the search function, pick your interests and dive right in.
Gardening or Houseplants
Running, walking, cycling, swimming
Jigsaws
Cooking
DIY
Lego

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