I agree with others that we have to retrain ourselves. I got to where I couldn't do hardly anything without drinking because I thought it wouldn't be any fun otherwise. Ugh, it drives me crazy that I got to that point. What an insult to the world, to God, to anyone I spent time with, to myself -- to think so low of it all that I had to color it with alcohol. Really, it all goes back to thinking so low of myself.
Anyway, one thing I did was sign up for this thing with the local animal shelter to volunteer to take the bigger, more active dogs who need more exercise for runs around the lake. I just signed up so I'll do the training soon and be able to do it as often as I like. I figured it would get me exercising, get me meeting people (fellow runners AND fellow animal lovers) and, of course, help those sweet dogs who are locked up in cages all day.
I'm loving reading all these posts.
Jackie