What to do????
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Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Serene In Dixie
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What to do????
Thanks to Don S......
100 things to do instead of drinking
1. Read a book
2. Take a walk
3. Play a musical instrument
4. Knit
5. Clean your closets
6. Research your genealogy
7. Cook a gourmet dinner
8. Write an article for your local newspaper
9. Go take some pictures
10. Cl ean the mildew in your bathroom
11. Start writing that book you've been planning
12. Plan a garden
13. Plant a garden
14. Play with a pet
15. Read to a child
16. Visit someone in an old folks' home
17. Watch a news special on TV
18. Set up a family budge t
19. Make a web site
20. Take up archery
21. Exercise
22. Go to an online SMART meeting
23. Surf the internet
24. Call your mom
25. Learn a foreign language
26. Write a poem
27. Play golf
28. Take a bubble bath
29. Draw
30. Teach a parakeet to whistle
31. Take a nap
32. Listen to music
33. Paint
34. Clean your desk
35. Start a stamp collection
36. Go window shopping
37. Browse in a book store
38. Go to an art gallery
39. Go for a drive
40. Paint a room
41. Watch the clouds go by
42. Play darts
43. Do tar g et shooting44. Do home repairs
45. Clean your garage
46. Sort your photographs
47. Make a scrapbook
48. Climb a tree
49. Plant a tree
50. Make marmalade
51. Make a list of things to do
52. Write a letter to the editor
53. Volunteer somewhere
54. Take a h ike
55. Take a college class
56. Try yoga
57. Meditate
58. Get a massage
59. Make fruit smoothies
60. Bake cookies
61. Do a crossword puzzle
62. Go to the gym
63. Plant a color bowl
64. Sharpen your pruning tools
65. Change your engine oil
66. Sew
67. Gro om your dog
68. Go see a play
69. Write a sonnet
70. Sort your recipes
71. Play solitaire
72. Go bird watching
73. Write a letter to a friend
74. Read poetry
75. Repot your house plants
76. Go to a movie
77. Mow your lawn
78. Take down your Christmas ligh ts
79. Make pickles
80. Go jogging
81. Watch sitcoms
82. Plan menus for a diet
83. Do a jigsaw puzzle
84. Play chess
85. Write a country-western song
86. Watch a video
87. Go for a bike ride
88. Plant an herb garden89. Start an online journal
90. Dye your hair
91. Go to a restaurant
92. Lift weights
93. Bake some bread
94. Learn a martial art
95. Polish the furniture
96. Make a flower arrangement
97. Read the newspaper
98. Start some seeds
99. Sort your magazines
100. Go to bed.
100 things to do instead of drinking
1. Read a book
2. Take a walk
3. Play a musical instrument
4. Knit
5. Clean your closets
6. Research your genealogy
7. Cook a gourmet dinner
8. Write an article for your local newspaper
9. Go take some pictures
10. Cl ean the mildew in your bathroom
11. Start writing that book you've been planning
12. Plan a garden
13. Plant a garden
14. Play with a pet
15. Read to a child
16. Visit someone in an old folks' home
17. Watch a news special on TV
18. Set up a family budge t
19. Make a web site
20. Take up archery
21. Exercise
22. Go to an online SMART meeting
23. Surf the internet
24. Call your mom
25. Learn a foreign language
26. Write a poem
27. Play golf
28. Take a bubble bath
29. Draw
30. Teach a parakeet to whistle
31. Take a nap
32. Listen to music
33. Paint
34. Clean your desk
35. Start a stamp collection
36. Go window shopping
37. Browse in a book store
38. Go to an art gallery
39. Go for a drive
40. Paint a room
41. Watch the clouds go by
42. Play darts
43. Do tar g et shooting44. Do home repairs
45. Clean your garage
46. Sort your photographs
47. Make a scrapbook
48. Climb a tree
49. Plant a tree
50. Make marmalade
51. Make a list of things to do
52. Write a letter to the editor
53. Volunteer somewhere
54. Take a h ike
55. Take a college class
56. Try yoga
57. Meditate
58. Get a massage
59. Make fruit smoothies
60. Bake cookies
61. Do a crossword puzzle
62. Go to the gym
63. Plant a color bowl
64. Sharpen your pruning tools
65. Change your engine oil
66. Sew
67. Gro om your dog
68. Go see a play
69. Write a sonnet
70. Sort your recipes
71. Play solitaire
72. Go bird watching
73. Write a letter to a friend
74. Read poetry
75. Repot your house plants
76. Go to a movie
77. Mow your lawn
78. Take down your Christmas ligh ts
79. Make pickles
80. Go jogging
81. Watch sitcoms
82. Plan menus for a diet
83. Do a jigsaw puzzle
84. Play chess
85. Write a country-western song
86. Watch a video
87. Go for a bike ride
88. Plant an herb garden89. Start an online journal
90. Dye your hair
91. Go to a restaurant
92. Lift weights
93. Bake some bread
94. Learn a martial art
95. Polish the furniture
96. Make a flower arrangement
97. Read the newspaper
98. Start some seeds
99. Sort your magazines
100. Go to bed.
Grateful recovering alcoholic
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Blissfield, MI
Posts: 814
101. Go to an AA meeting.
102. Read the Big Book
103. Read the 12 Steps and 12 Traditions book
104. Do service work
105. Work with a newcomer
106. Start up institutional meetings
107. Pray
108. Meditate
109. Begin a thread that debates God vs No-God!!! (HA HA HA)
110. Ask Don S if he's read the Big Book yet? (HA HA HA) - hey I'm starting to get into this!!!!!!!!!
111. Take a nature walk
112. Play with your kids
113. Volunteer at a homeless shelter
114. Volunteer at a school
115. Pick up garbage in a park
116. Do "random acts of kindness" remembering to remain totally anonymous
117. Kiss your angel's foreheads and look deep into their souls as you tuck them into bed
118. Tickle your kids
119. Play basketball
Ok, who's next?!??!
Jen
102. Read the Big Book
103. Read the 12 Steps and 12 Traditions book
104. Do service work
105. Work with a newcomer
106. Start up institutional meetings
107. Pray
108. Meditate
109. Begin a thread that debates God vs No-God!!! (HA HA HA)
110. Ask Don S if he's read the Big Book yet? (HA HA HA) - hey I'm starting to get into this!!!!!!!!!
111. Take a nature walk
112. Play with your kids
113. Volunteer at a homeless shelter
114. Volunteer at a school
115. Pick up garbage in a park
116. Do "random acts of kindness" remembering to remain totally anonymous
117. Kiss your angel's foreheads and look deep into their souls as you tuck them into bed
118. Tickle your kids
119. Play basketball
Ok, who's next?!??!
Jen
Member
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: fumbling towards ecstasy
Posts: 2,551
Originally Posted by jlo34
110. Ask Don S if he's read the Big Book yet? (HA HA HA) - hey I'm starting to get into this!!!!!!!!!
120. Ask Don S. how many times he's read the BB and if he can quote it without looking up passages.
121. Volunteer at an animal shelter
122. Read to a child or pet
123. Hug a tree
124. Ask Don S. for more chilli recipes
125. share your ESH with someone on SR
126. Post a picture of lilacs and see how long it takes Don S to respond
127. Sign up for obedience training with your dog
128. Take a walk and pick up litter you see on the way
129. Spend time at the library
Next!
--phinny
Grateful recovering alcoholic
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Blissfield, MI
Posts: 814
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!
Yuck!!!
131. Stay as far away from Michael Jackson as possible
132. See how many prayers Don S finds in the Big Book
133. See if Don S knows how many times God/HP/etc. is mentioned in the Big Book
134. Ask Don S what part of the Big Book is the most important - wow, this is fun!!!
135. See if Don S has any simple, but yummy veggie recipes (can't always pick on ya Don!)
Next......
Yuck!!!
131. Stay as far away from Michael Jackson as possible
132. See how many prayers Don S finds in the Big Book
133. See if Don S knows how many times God/HP/etc. is mentioned in the Big Book
134. Ask Don S what part of the Big Book is the most important - wow, this is fun!!!
135. See if Don S has any simple, but yummy veggie recipes (can't always pick on ya Don!)
Next......
Member
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 8,709
136. Finish the shrine to Don S. I started months ago.
137. Start a Don S. message board.
138. Finalize the Don S. S.M.A.R.T doll deal with Mattel.
139. Patent my Don S. chili cookware concept.
140. Tell Don S. I really dig him as a person, but that I could never in a million years develop a serious friendship with a man who talks to shrubbery.
137. Start a Don S. message board.
138. Finalize the Don S. S.M.A.R.T doll deal with Mattel.
139. Patent my Don S. chili cookware concept.
140. Tell Don S. I really dig him as a person, but that I could never in a million years develop a serious friendship with a man who talks to shrubbery.
Forward we go...side by side-Rest In Peace
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Serene In Dixie
Posts: 36,740
Tsk! Tsk!
I was trying to help newcomers who are asking about things to do.
I also gave dredit to Don as he posted this list months ago..
How dissa[pointing to see mean spirited replies.
I apologize to our newcomers and to Don S.
I also gave dredit to Don as he posted this list months ago..
How dissa[pointing to see mean spirited replies.
I apologize to our newcomers and to Don S.
Member
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Northern CA
Posts: 1,432
You people are funny!
Carol, I think they're making fun of me....so now I want to see this list up to 200 things to do instead of drinking
Re 132: none.
Re 133: Higher Power: once.
Power greater than....: 11.
God: 132 times.
Re 134: the part that says "Upon therapy for the alcoholic himself, we surely have no monopoly." (Foreward to Second Edition).
There is nothing wrong with talking to shrubbery, Dan; the time for concern is when the shrubbery begins talking back.
Don
Carol, I think they're making fun of me....so now I want to see this list up to 200 things to do instead of drinking
Re 132: none.
Re 133: Higher Power: once.
Power greater than....: 11.
God: 132 times.
Re 134: the part that says "Upon therapy for the alcoholic himself, we surely have no monopoly." (Foreward to Second Edition).
There is nothing wrong with talking to shrubbery, Dan; the time for concern is when the shrubbery begins talking back.
Don
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Northern CA
Posts: 1,432
142. Sort all your digital photos and make an album to print for holiday gifts to family.
143. Help your kid organize his closet.
144. Figure out the melody and chords to your current favorite tune on the piano (one of my favorites).
145. practice your holiday cookie recipes
146. make crackers from scratch (that one didn't go so well).
147. make tortillas from scratch (better).
148. reread a book you haven't read for years.
143. Help your kid organize his closet.
144. Figure out the melody and chords to your current favorite tune on the piano (one of my favorites).
145. practice your holiday cookie recipes
146. make crackers from scratch (that one didn't go so well).
147. make tortillas from scratch (better).
148. reread a book you haven't read for years.
Member
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 8,709
With all due respect Carol, there was certainly nothing mean spirited in my intention.
I believe Don and I have enough of an understanding of eachother to see humor in one another.
I do, however, apologize to you, or any newcomer that may be offended or confused about what I wrote.
I believe Don and I have enough of an understanding of eachother to see humor in one another.
I do, however, apologize to you, or any newcomer that may be offended or confused about what I wrote.
Member
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: New York, NY
Posts: 763
Carrrroooolll!! I was just laughing at all the Don S. stuff; I think we all love him, really, even those here whose goat he gets (old Wyoming expression).
Thanks for posting the list-it really is useful.
150. Tango
Thanks for posting the list-it really is useful.
150. Tango
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