saphira

People have told me so many times on here that I need to be doing activities that make it impossible to drink. You would think that wouldn't be such a difficult idea to master, however it wasn't until about two weeks ago that it finally sunk in for me.

For the past couple of weeks I have been biking like crazy and have gotten back to playing the piano, which I used to love to do. I tried to play sometimes while drinking but the notes would all be blurry and it made it impossible. It is such a great feeling to finally be able to play decently and enjoy playing again.

And as for the bike--I can't believe how much I'm loving it! I woke up after a couple days riding feeling soooo sore (pretty out of shape at that point!) but what an amazing feeling to wake up sore from exercise and not because I fell while drunk!

I feel like I'm FINALLY actually enjoying sobriety instead of just making it through. Love it! Just wanted to share...

IndaMiricale

Yes love the post thank you.

2granddaughters

saphira, I find that AA meetings interspersed with work, exercise and relaxation works well keeping the "demon rum" out of my head and my hand.

All the best.

Bob R

saphira

Thanks. Are there any activities you've all done that you're loving that you could never have done while drinking?

NewBeginning010

Love it!

Playing tennis & climbing mountains are my new habits ;-)

I tried to take some tennis lessons years ago... actually paid a couple of hundred bucks up front thinking that would get me to take it easy on Friday nights for my Saturday morning lessons. Of course I ended up missing them all because I as always a hungover mess on Saturday mornings.

Now my tennis game is great & I am having a blast... not being hungover, sick & tired.... Priceless

raindancer11

That's a wonderful feeling, being sore after exercise. I'll take that over a hangover any day. Thanks for sharing!

I have to say that I enjoy listening to people when they talk to me. I didn't do that very well when I was drinking.

MycoolFitz

I would say the biggest activity I wasn't doing while drinking was living an actual life.