Get into cooking. BBQ or otherwise.
For me this means wings, sliders, home made fries, onion rings, blue cheese dip (from scratch). I am just starting to get into the smoking aspect.
I stay away from gambling, as I know I could simply substitute alcohol, drugs, sex, gambling at any point and the outcome is about the same.
My DOC now is cranberry and soba with a lime in a high ball. My drink was vodka martinis...I would usually be blackout for the 2nd half of a game.
In AA they say if you don't have a legitimate reason for being around alcohol then don't. So tailgating I would think would fall into that category of not being legit. Be careful not to think your doing better and then get snagged.