Great post Kevin, thanks for reminding us that, at a physical level, sobriety is more than not drinking. Your post reminds me of a book I read a while ago, "The Four Levels of Healing" by ****** Gawain. It basically states that true health is a form of dynamic equilibrium in which all four areas (physical, mental, emotional and spiritual) must be addressed.
Naturally in alcoholics the physical area has usually taken quite a beating, yet it's the other three we obsess about the most. At the risk of sounding too new-agey I'm finding that doing some forms of "physical grounding" is therapeutic. Watering the garden, paying attention to my breathing, just basically being aware of my senses... it all helps
