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    At least 155 things to do instead of drink...

    [I posted these in Long Term Modders, then decided more people might see these up here]

    Borrowed from another recovery site; but "smart" ideas anytime...

    1. Read a book
    2. Take a walk
    3. Play a musical instrument
    4. Knit
    5. Clean your closets
    6. Research your genealogy
    7. Cook a gourmet dinner
    8. Write an article for your local newspaper
    9. Go take some pictures
    10. Clean the mildew in your bathroom
    11. Start writing that book you've been planning
    12. Plan a garden
    13. Plant a garden
    14. Play with a pet
    15. Read to a child
    16. Visit someone in an old folks' home
    17. Watch a news special on TV
    18. Set up a family budget
    19. Make a web site
    20. Take up archery
    21. Exercise
    22. Go to an online recovery meeting
    23. Surf the internet
    24. Call your mom
    25. Learn a foreign language
    26. Write a poem
    27. Play golf
    28. Take a bubble bath
    29. Draw
    30. Teach a parakeet to whistle
    31. Take a nap
    32. Listen to music
    33. Paint
    34. Clean your desk
    35. Start a stamp collection
    36. Go window shopping
    37. Browse in a book store
    38. Go to an art gallery
    39. Go for a drive
    40. Paint a room
    41. Watch the clouds go by
    42. Play darts
    43. Do target shooting
    44. Do home repairs
    45. Clean your garage
    46. Sort your photographs
    47. Make a scrapbook
    48. Climb a tree
    49. Plant a tree
    50. Make marmalade
    51. Make a list of things to do
    52. Write a letter to the editor
    53. Volunteer somewhere
    54. Take a hike
    55. Take a college class
    56. Try yoga
    57. Meditate
    58. Get a massage
    59. Make fruit smoothies
    60. Bake cookies
    61. Do a crossword puzzle
    62. Go to the gym
    63. Plant a color bowl
    64. Sharpen your pruning tools
    65. Change your engine oil
    66. Sew
    67. Groom your dog
    68. Go see a play
    69. Write a sonnet
    70. Sort your recipes
    71. Play solitaire
    72. Go bird watching
    73. Write a letter to a friend
    74. Read a poetry book
    75. Repot your houseplants
    76. Go to a movie
    77. Mow your lawn
    78. Put up (or take down) your Christmas lights
    79. Make pickles
    80. Go jogging
    81. Watch sitcoms
    82. Plan menus for a diet
    83. Do a jigsaw puzzle
    84. Play chess
    85. Write a country-western song
    86. Watch a video
    87. Go for a bike ride
    88. Plant an herb garden
    89. Start an online journal
    90. Dye your hair
    91. Go to a restaurant
    92. Lift weights
    93. Bake some bread
    94. Learn a martial art
    95. Polish the furniture
    96. Make a flower arrangement
    97. Read the newspaper
    98. Start some seeds
    99. Sort your magazines
    100. Do some laundry.
    101. Join a book club
    102. Train your dog to be a therapy dog
    103. Rake up the leaves
    104. Tiling the back splash or some other job you would have to pay $$ to someone else to do
    105. Join a community choir
    106. Join your Church choir
    107. Take a Music Appreciation course
    108. Join a Community Theater group
    109. Take singing lessons
    110. Take up bowling
    111. Take a nature walk
    112. Play with your kids
    113. Volunteer at a homeless shelter
    114. Volunteer at a school
    115. Pick up garbage in a park
    116. Tickle your kids
    117. Play basketball
    118. Volunteer at an animal shelter
    119. Read to a child or pet
    120. Sign up for obedience training with your dog
    121. Take a walk and pick up litter you see on the way
    122. Spend time at the library
    123. Sort all your digital photos and make an album to print for holiday gifts to family.
    124. Help your kid organize his closet.
    125. Figure out the melody and chords to your current favorite tune on the piano.
    126. Practice your holiday cookie recipes
    127. Make crackers from scratch (that one didn't go so well).
    128. Make tortillas from scratch (better).
    129. Reread a book you haven't read for years.
    130. Tango
    131. Learn about someone else?s religion.
    132. Reread one of your college textbooks.
    133. Key out a wildflower.
    134. Do your nails.
    135. Do word puzzles.
    136. Play a board game.
    137. Burn CD?s of some of your favorite music for a friend.
    138. Plant a bonsai.
    139. Play Mad Libs.
    140. Speak only in heroic couplets for an hour.
    141. Read poetry online.
    142. Ride a stationary bicycle.
    143. Set up a domino topple.
    144. Play backgammon.
    145. Build a house of cards
    146. Make an entry in Wikipedia.
    147. Read a world almanac.
    148. Publish a family newsletter.
    149. Throw cards at a hat.
    150. Go to bed.

    and more....
    151. Take up pottery.
    152. Get a facial
    153. Wash your windows
    154. Wash your car
    155. Go rock climbing
    156. Go skiing
    157. Deliver food to shutins
    158. Build a snowman
    159. Pay your bills (ouch)
    160. Balance your checkbook (OUCH)
    161. Learn to knit
    162. Learn to crochet
    163. Go fishing for walleyes!
    164. Fry walleye for dinner
    165. Tie ones own nightcrawler harnesses. (arts and crafts for fishermen!)
    166. Wash the boat
    167. Organize ones tackle
    168. Go to Cabela's shopping. (for walleye related equipment)
    169. Look for Fishing bargains on ebay
    170. Vacuum the floor of the boat.
    171. Organize the freezer so more walleye fillets can be easily stored.
    172. Ponder who might like to come along on the next fishing foray and offer an invitation.
    173. Peruse a Cabela's catalog for ideas on future needs.
    174. Bake bread from scratch
    175. Clean a teenager's room (ick)
    176. Take teenager to recruiter's office
    177. Plant winter garden
    178. Call your parents
    179. Call an aging relative....
    180. Make your own homemade pasta from scratch
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    It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that brings us happiness.
    ~ Charles Spurgeon
    It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that brings us happiness.
    ~ Charles Spurgeon
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