Sober comforts
Sober comforts
Especially early on in your recovery, what were some of the things/activities that comforted you the most???? I say comfort bc for me that's one big feeling I relied on wine and whiskey for....replacing that type of comfort has been both difficult and rewarding.
Here's my list of warm and fuzzies currently...
Gilmore Girls reruns on DVD
Husband teaching me how to play old Final Fantasy games
Doing laundry then putting on a change of clothes while they're still warm
Bubble baths
Listening to the trains that pass (I live about two blocks from some tracks) roughly every 30 minutes
Visiting my dad's cuddly cat Jack
Foot rubs
It's funny because I did all of these things before I quit drinking (except for the Final Fantasy thing!) but they take on such a different importance now!
Here's my list of warm and fuzzies currently...
Gilmore Girls reruns on DVD
Husband teaching me how to play old Final Fantasy games
Doing laundry then putting on a change of clothes while they're still warm
Bubble baths
Listening to the trains that pass (I live about two blocks from some tracks) roughly every 30 minutes
Visiting my dad's cuddly cat Jack
Foot rubs
It's funny because I did all of these things before I quit drinking (except for the Final Fantasy thing!) but they take on such a different importance now!
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Final Fantasy was awesome! Which version are you playing?
Music is probably the biggest comfort. When I am feeling depressed and fatigued it is the one thing that I can do passively to help.
Exercise has also been a big help. The first few steps are the toughest, but once I get moving it is one of the few times during the day when I honestly feel "normal". I am not sure if exercising would be considered comforting, but it definitely has been a huge help to get out of a slump.
Music is probably the biggest comfort. When I am feeling depressed and fatigued it is the one thing that I can do passively to help.
Exercise has also been a big help. The first few steps are the toughest, but once I get moving it is one of the few times during the day when I honestly feel "normal". I am not sure if exercising would be considered comforting, but it definitely has been a huge help to get out of a slump.
Opiophobe I'm Starting with Final Fantasy VI...love it so far!!!
Music is a good one...I play violin also and hope to get back to that...really kinda slacked off when my drinking got serious so getting back into playing is a huge goal for me.
As for exercise, I think it will help me too...my big thing is that I prefer outdoor exercise like hiking and where I live it hasn't gotten nice enough for that quite yet. I bought some yoga DVDs last week but have yet to try them out!
Music is a good one...I play violin also and hope to get back to that...really kinda slacked off when my drinking got serious so getting back into playing is a huge goal for me.
As for exercise, I think it will help me too...my big thing is that I prefer outdoor exercise like hiking and where I live it hasn't gotten nice enough for that quite yet. I bought some yoga DVDs last week but have yet to try them out!
Definitely trying this!!! As expected, I'm having trouble sleeping in these first few weeks of sobriety and I'm all about anything that might help my skin!
MUSIC! I LOVE watching concert DVDs and running the audio through my stereo! Dancing around the living room, signing at the top of my lungs!
Great release of energy with positive vibes floating all around.
Great release of energy with positive vibes floating all around.
I'm on Day Eleven. Already noticing that waking up without a hangover is GREAT. This might seem obvious to the non-drinker. But over these last few years I had gotten so accustomed to having a hangover, be it mild, medium, or extra-crispy, that the concept of not having a hangover seems like some radical miraculous discovery.
This has been my greatest comfort over these first eleven days: NOT wakinging up and thinking, "Oh, no, I did it again. How am I going to get through the whole day feeling like THIS. Oh, I wish this would just stop." And every night I go to sleep sober I get to wake up the next morning without a hangover *again*. It's the gift that keeps on giving.
This has been my greatest comfort over these first eleven days: NOT wakinging up and thinking, "Oh, no, I did it again. How am I going to get through the whole day feeling like THIS. Oh, I wish this would just stop." And every night I go to sleep sober I get to wake up the next morning without a hangover *again*. It's the gift that keeps on giving.
I was worried that I wouldn't enjoy music sober at first. I've been a pretty hardcore audiophile for almost 30 years, but for about 25 of them I did much of my listening while drinking (to various degrees). Luckily I still find music to be a great sober comfort. Ditto for movies- my HT rig is pretty nice and I enjoy watching movies and a few TV series from Blu-Ray.
Cooking is a big hobby, along with sharpening knives.
But honestly one of the great pleasures of sober life is waking up in the morning and feeling great right away!
Cooking is a big hobby, along with sharpening knives.
But honestly one of the great pleasures of sober life is waking up in the morning and feeling great right away!
Hot milk or better yet hot chocolate became the weed replacement for the first couple weeks. Every night we had some like a ritual, got all excited about it. We never really drank it before but once we decided it was our new weed, it gave us something to crave and prepare and enjoy. Even when I was at my friends and they were smoking weed right in front of me, I said to myself "I gotta get home right now and get me some hot chocolate" as it if actually was something.
Reading definitely comforted me as it was something I always did before my drinking got really bad.
I also found an online farming game (not Farmville) that truly saved my sanity some days. It just let me be silly and took away some of the stress. I found comfort in setting up my farms and collecting things.
I also found an online farming game (not Farmville) that truly saved my sanity some days. It just let me be silly and took away some of the stress. I found comfort in setting up my farms and collecting things.
Many episodes of Law and Order with some NYPD Blue thrown in. Not sure why. I guess because I watched them before my drinking had taken hold and it reminded me of a simpler time, even though back then I felt it was SO complicated. Oh if we only knew then what we know now.
25 years later and I am in simple times again.
Thursday is my "ME" day. I have nothing planned other than work. I usually eat and just watch some TV. Catch up on my shows and go to bed early. Gets me in a rejuvenated mood for the weekend.
25 years later and I am in simple times again.
Thursday is my "ME" day. I have nothing planned other than work. I usually eat and just watch some TV. Catch up on my shows and go to bed early. Gets me in a rejuvenated mood for the weekend.
Hot milk or better yet hot chocolate became the weed replacement for the first couple weeks. Every night we had some like a ritual, got all excited about it. We never really drank it before but once we decided it was our new weed, it gave us something to crave and prepare and enjoy. Even when I was at my friends and they were smoking weed right in front of me, I said to myself "I gotta get home right now and get me some hot chocolate" as it if actually was something.
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