still hanging on, need help!
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still hanging on, need help!
I have been off of oxycotin and cocaine for three weeks, thanks to Suboxone. It truly has done wonders for me and probaly saved my marriage. I am able to function normally and am actually less depressed. The problem is even though I have changed or switched however you want to look at it. The world around me has stayed the same. My friends are all still drunks or addicts or both. And the isolation of sobriety is more than I can handle. What I am asking for is advise from people with clean time to educate me on how to occupy all of my extra time. Most of my time in the past was spent using or figuring out ways to use. Now that I am clean I am left with this huge hole of vacant time, please help.
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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Congrats on being clean for 3 weeks! That is truly great! Now that you are clean, you will have more quality time to actually enjoy any activity that you pursue. It is very important that you stay clear of other people who are using. Think of it as doing something great for yourself by actively seeking support from others who are sober. Sober support networks are very important in recovery.
The list of things that you can find to enjoy is HUGE! I think I have a really big list of things that you can explore and try. I will go search for it now and I will come back and post it for you. It is cool.
Hang in there! There is so much in life for you to enjoy now that you are sober! You are in for some great memories and lots of moments to enjoy.
The list of things that you can find to enjoy is HUGE! I think I have a really big list of things that you can explore and try. I will go search for it now and I will come back and post it for you. It is cool.
Hang in there! There is so much in life for you to enjoy now that you are sober! You are in for some great memories and lots of moments to enjoy.
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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List of activities
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. Clean 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 budget
19. Make a web site
20. Take up archery
21. Exercise
22. Go to an online recovery meeting--SMART Recovery, AA, Sober Recovery
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 target shooting
44. 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 hike
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. Groom 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 lights
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 garden
89. 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.
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. Clean 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 budget
19. Make a web site
20. Take up archery
21. Exercise
22. Go to an online recovery meeting--SMART Recovery, AA, Sober Recovery
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 target shooting
44. 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 hike
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. Groom 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 lights
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 garden
89. 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.
Oh, and another great thing about sobriety is you get more bang for your buck. Not only can you enjoy these great activities, but you can remember exactly what you did!
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: fumbling towards ecstasy
Posts: 2,551
Originally Posted by starangel
The world around me has stayed the same. My friends are all still drunks or addicts or both. And the isolation of sobriety is more than I can handle.
I have been there, right where you are. For me, it took a big change of people places and things and to learn how to life life again from the clean and sober perspective. I found the help and support I needed to do this in the rooms of NA and AA. I have new, wonderful friendships, I have done some deep inner work and improveded my life.
It works for many of us and it can for you, too.
Glad you're here.
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
Posts: 2,274
I agree with Phineas. I had to start making new friends, and I found them in NA and AA. If I keep hanging out with my old using "friends" I will a) feel jealous; b) feel angry; c) feel depressed; d) start using drugs again; e) all of the above.
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