What have you replaced your alcohol with?

[lucky 2.0]

What have you replaced your alcohol with?

My favorite things if I am not drinking are:

exercise
dry heat sauna
organizing my life
having fresh flowers
romp with bf

There are 2 movies I want to see currently which is unusual for me:

Evening
Sicko

[Change]

What have you replaced your alcohol with?

Uh yeah, cleaning out, sugar, chocolate. Cheese for a while... good food (i might as well treat myself) and i have developed a nice little interest in Poker. Don't play for real money, but i love studying the game... I've had a few bad days with it though, but things are looking up.

I could practically live on sugar instead of alcohol, but it makes me feel almost as bad sometimes.

[sujul]

What have you replaced your alcohol with?

Great thread! I love to read, cook and I also spend an inordinate amount of time on the computer doing "research"--I am interested in everything! It sounds a little...I don't know what is the word here...but I love to learn new stuff--

Actually, it's just come to me! I replaced alcohol with my LIFE! Yeah, I know, I know, shades of the "say yes to life" stupid anti-drug campaigns of decades ago....but, you know, it is my LIFE that I lost sight of when I was drinking...and I am totally addicted to having it back! I would also add that I think a spiritual practice of some sort is a tremendous help to staying AF--of course, this is very personal and individual but or me this has been essential....

Still, I could use a healthy addiction to exercise.....

[MDBiker]

What have you replaced your alcohol with?

I love riding my motorcycle alone at night, it seems to bring me closer to nature.

I love eating flavorful foods and trying to figure out what each taste is.

I love being alive again. I am like a kid, I hate to go to bed because I am afraid I will miss something

I love strong coffee and a big cigar after a good meal.

I didn't mention work did I. There is a reason. hehe

bear

[Gargykath]

What have you replaced your alcohol with?

My new hobbies

Agree with everyone else this is a fab thread.

My new things are

Cooking - making myself proper meals and trying new recipes - I even ventured into making a pannacotta yesterday with real vanilla yesterday. When I was regularly drinking and bingeing I used to not eat, then binge eat with hangovers

Gym - I joined a gym through work and go about 3/4 times per week.

One thing I have found that helps is to buy AF free beer and chill it so when I come home I can have some and a nice cigarette or 5.

Also am also slightly obsessed with working out how money I am saving not drinking I keep an online diary to help with this.

Also lots and lots and lots of herbal / fruit tea.

[bootcampbarbie]

What have you replaced your alcohol with?

wow, great thread. humm. well i can actually get up early enough to do early a.m. bootcamp and hike the dogs in the mornings. they love a good ride in my convertable as well. all 3 of those 60 lb little rascals. so, exercise, bike time, spa time, working, yep i really do love helping people so i find i'm good semaritan barbie cuz i'm sober enough. research, reading, watching dvds with hubby. mwout when i am not everywhere else. friends. why yes i actually have friends. and i'm scheduling dates with them.
next i'd like to do some gardening, mini vacations with hubby for a day or so at a time, art... poetry and keep up that journal. and i love tea. love tea

[Guest]

What have you replaced your alcohol with?

Gardening--I have TONS of rose bushes..

raising birds...recently purchsed 7 quakers parrots and 5 different breeder pairs of lovebirds

playing with my children

taking care of Mama

[magic]

What have you replaced your alcohol with?

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IAD

What Literary Circles would those be, then?


magic xx:schmokin:

[tea]

What have you replaced your alcohol with?

Tee hee, me too with the diary thingymajigg, keeping an excel spreadsheet on what I spend money on, work full time and still have too much month at the end of the money - don't know why as earn enough, haven't got many outgoings etc, hopefully I will stop buying sh!te if only my ebay obsession would go.... at least with my clearing out obsession I am selling on ebay, ok for peanuts but it is amazing how it mounts up!! silly, silly tea.

L xx

[IAD]

What have you replaced your alcohol with?

I like to take long walks on the beach in the evenings.... Walk aimlessly in the rain.....oh wait !?! I thought this was the personnels ! My mistake ! :H

Magic.....let it go.....I don't know what circles banned that poem....I think it was banned in Boston. IAD

[tea]

What have you replaced your alcohol with?

Snort..... I think the online phrase is PMSL.... Could be wrong though.....


L xx

[Cashregister]

What have you replaced your alcohol with?

Books, housework and my wonderful husband and daughter - last but not least It is lovely to see Anthony and Soph without a haze, the thing you miss when pissed are too numerous to count...

Cashy
xxx

[Change]

What have you replaced your alcohol with?

sujul;158013 wrote: Actually, it's just come to me! I replaced alcohol with my LIFE! Yeah, I know, I know, shades of the "say yes to life" stupid anti-drug campaigns of decades ago....but, you know, it is my LIFE that I lost sight of when I was drinking...and I am totally addicted to having it back!
Still, I could use a healthy addiction to exercise.....

That's a really great way of describing it. And i am hearing ya on the exercise front. I keep planning to join a gym, but it's next month, next month and so it goes.

And tea, good idea about the spread sheet. I might resurrect mine.

[Guest]

What have you replaced your alcohol with?

Unfortunatley, I just recognized this in myself this weekend. My eating disorder is coming back or is back. All i can think about these days is loosing weight. I was anorexic once. I am trying to get this under control before it gets uncontrolable. Just a day at a time with everything I suppose
Mar

[CAPRICORN1]

What have you replaced your alcohol with?

i'm unfortunately not as inclined to do much these days besides get through the day taking all my supps and trying to eat right. i guess thats all i can expect for right now. i think the topa 50mg is a makin me tired and unmotivated. i hope this goes away so i can start living again.