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Old 09-08-2016, 05:02 AM
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August252015
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Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Atlanta
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A few of my life-coping mechanisms....things I do when stressed or restless or discontent....these would lead to risk for my emotional (rather than physical) sobriety...in no particular order

Go to a meeting
Nap
Call my (sober) boyfriend or sponsor; Mom, too (depending on the angst)
Run
Read fiction
Read a recovery memoir (ordering Eliz Vargas's here shortly)
Walk the dog
Find Netflix shows to rewatch as background noise; or a new series
Happy movie (Love Actually and Julie and Julia are faves)
Read the BB - sometimes just flipping to a random ch, sometimes looking for something specific to what I am feeling
browse you tube for music that fits the mood I have or want to get (back) to
Write on my blog or jot out ideas for future posts
Browse SR for interesting/applicable thread topics
Go to the grocery store- I can always use more fruit and Diet Coke.
Write snail mail (I keep a box of stationery handy)
Pick up an extra shift at work if I feel like time on my hands would be a bad idea
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