You may find that less time to dwell in your head, and a return to routine, could actually make things a bit easier. Anyways. Most of us find the best way to deal with sobriety is by focussing just on today. Alcoholics are fear and ego driven people. Give us any date in the future to dwell on and we can usually, with very little outside input, think of plenty of ways that that particular day coukd be horrendous, even catastrophic for us. Prophets of drama and doom in our own head, and our addictive voices really love it when we do that, because it knows just how to flip those fears and inner dramas into a a great little line-up of lies about why the best solution would be for us to take a drink.
Our strength lies in today. There is nothing we can do about the past. There is no way we can deal with the future. But we can do something with today. Here are some suggestions. ..
Read some posts and encourage others on here
Call someone who loves you
Go to an AA meeting
Listen to an online recovery speaker
http://www.recoveryaudio.org/
Cook your childhood favourite dinner
Go somewhere nearby that you never went before and explore (walk, bus, bike, drive, train - whatever is available to you)
Go to the library and get some books
Work on your Plan....
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...y-plans-1.html
Write a story with a happy ending
Nestle on the sofa with popcorn / snacks and watch a feelgood movie
Read recovery literature - The AA book
Living Sober was extremely helpful to me.
Go for a walk and look for someone to help - and do it
Play on the swings
Keep it in the day. Deal with now. We can't solve the rest of our lives in any one moment. Stay sober and the rest will come.
You can do this. An hour at a time. A day at a time.
Wishing you a Happy New Year, and a mindful sober day. BB