LionOfJudah

1. Exercising and drinking lots of water
2. Reading
3. Watching movies
4. Getting and maintaining a JOB
5. Going back to school / earn advanced degrees
6. Going rock climbing
7. Going for a walk
8. Cooking
9. Taking a bath with some tea
10. Driving
11. Travelling... going to the mountains
12. Farming / Gardening
13. Hunting and Fishing
14. Completing this list...

Does anyone have any other ideas?

felodese

Cycling
Juggling
Knitting (ryan gosling does it!)
learn a language
model building

Gottalife

Work with other alcoholics
Do some service work in AA
Join a club
Serve on the club committee
Get to know my neghbours
Build a boat
Try your own business
Get married
Have a family
Buy a hot rod or Harley
Get involved in your children's education
Learn a musical instrument
Dream
If there is something you really want to do, do it now, you don't know how much time you've got.

ScottFromWI

Anything. Drinking limits what you can do, not drinking allows you to literally do anything you want.

Starflyer

I live alone, so I would always use the night hours (when dealing with anxiety and insomnia) to clean my place. There's something about having everything put away, dusted, vacuumed, and cleaned to make me feel productive and positive.

DarkDays

For me nothing better than running to keep me firmly in the zone.

TheNatural

I second this. Having an immaculate living space is essential for my sobriety. It's actually a warning sign I wrote down when I first tried to get sober. If I start letting my apartment get messy, my life gets messy, too.

Also, journaling is a great thing to do when you are getting sober. I found it incredibly hard to get into at the beginning, everything I wrote down felt disingenuous, but once I was able to truly put my feelings down on paper, it was a great help.

thomas11

What he said. Anything.

MelindaFlowers

Shopping with all the money you're saving.

markz

Hmmm yeah, what about working on the solution to the problem.
Distractions dont work in the long run!

LionOfJudah

by.... going to AA, seeking counselling.