What are some of yah Sober Hobbies

Hey , What are some hobbies that Keep yah sober ? …Me, well I’ve always been a huge gamer and avid reader …but recently I’ve picked up comic collecting …and I’m hooked ( but In a good way ):wink::slightly_smiling_face::blush:…hope to see some of yah hobbies

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I’ve really gotten back into working out and eating healthy. I found that it’s another good motivator to stay sober because drinking would be the epitome of ingesting something “bad”.

I used to be a gym rat before my drinking got out of control; that obviously went out the window.

Now with sobriety and the pandemic I’m finding creative ways to workout without going back to the gym until the virus stops spreading. I’ve found that fitness is something I’m really passionate about that is also healthy.

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I started playing video games again. Right now playing Call of Duty Cold War. I have not been sober enough to play online for years. I missed playing. Also hiking again, home projects, and reading with my kids.

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It has been a challenge rewriting the narrative that I have to punctuate everything I do with a cigarette. I love to knit, crochet, read, paint, and when I am feeling extra ambitious I procrastinate. However, I am finding staying active has helped me stay nicotine free for almost two weeks: yoga, walking, cleaning those spaces in the house that once were neglected.

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Video games, crafts, making survival bracelets, adult coloring books, reading, movies, playing guitar, listening to music.

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For working out I do convict conditioning and running - I like both of them a lot. Cc. can be done at home, during pandemic, it doesn’t require any tool, so it’s pretty practical.
I just started to play piano again, also make sculptures out of polimer clay.

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This is good - major driver for me being sober for many reasons. When they stop, it’s a BIG red flag. All go out the door when drinking these days.

Dirt bike and mountain bike riding, fishing, canoeing, camping, floating, reading and exercising at the gym.

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Spending time with my Baby girl and my Fiancee

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I used to collect Spawns in my twenties. I never threw them away and took them with me every time I moved to another place (and that’s a lot!). They are a magnet to my son, but he is only almost 4 yrs old and way too young. He calls it monster books :rofl:

Now I play guitar and crochet a lot.

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Diamond painting :heart_eyes:

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I craft to keep my hands a mind busy. Right now I am making wire and gemstone trees. I also crochet, knit, paint, diamond paint, macrame and whatever else I can get my hands on to craft!

This is my work in progress right now.

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I collect comics too :purple_heart: You have any old 90s X-Men?

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I need to get back on my working out grind…I’ve been a bit lazy smh

I can’t relate ,love gaming… currently waiting on ’ Cyberpunk 2077 ’ I’m so excited :star_struck:, and hiking is so peaceful…alot of good areas to hike in my area

I found a few Actually, on Newkadia com… that’s where I do most of my online comic purchases . Great place .

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Actually, in the end, nothing dramatically came since being sober except for yoga. Which I do quite exactly the same time as being sober. And there I learn to accept my boundaries but I also see improvements on the inner side and physical side.

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I hear you on that! And noticed that last time I relapsed, all the things that kept me sane stopped in the run up to my relapse.
Intrusive thoughts stopped me from sleeping, not sleeping stopped me from doing healthy things, and that gave me more thoughts of using. Deffoo a big red flag.

Biking, piano… Damn that’s it for the winter, actually I think I need some more sober winter hobbies.

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Great topic. I try to write as much as I can. But, sometimes, that feels too demanding. I walk for hours if I am feeling fidgety and need to refocus. I find nature (or a cemetery/garden) and I just work on being in the moment. I looking for hobbies, so I love seeing what you all do.

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Oh wow! This is gorgeous!!

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