((((((((rose)))))))
All the things the others have suggested are really good options for any of us;
BUT I found something better than ear plugs to help me detach;
A Walkmen and Al-Anon speaker tapes......
I would have lost my health, mind and my serenity LONG ago if I had not had both of these tools to help me...
Back then I had no 'puter, was taking care of my mother-in-law with Alshiemer"s (?) as her soul caretaker. I meeting per week...If my sponsor and my home group hadn't been there for me I don't know what I'd done.
I still use speaker's tapes today to help when the going gets rough and I can't hear my HP...It's kind of like coming to these boards, except with the tapes, I can't talk back which isn't a bad thing.
Just a suggestion, folks, Try it, It just might work for you.
Love and prayers to all.