Rowan

I love your description of sitting out back in your chair and being mindful of the sights and sounds of nature. Thanks, Trish! good luck tomorrow have a

utopianscramble

I learned something at my last meeting in regards to handling stressful situations. It's important to remember that our new lives are a constant mental work-out. When we get through a situation (while sober) our brains, emotions, and hearts grow stronger. Back when drinking, we never reaziled our full potential, our full resilience. When a bad situation arose, we drank and stuck it below everything else. Now is our opportunity to sincerely "grow." And then, in our future, when a similar life situation arises we will subconciously sense our ability to overcome it. That's cool! I was like, "yes, that makes sense."

I'm having a rough time right now...incense sounds good.

Rowan

Thanks for sharing, Utopian - that does make sense!

Going to light some incense, and go to bed ..

CarolD

Communication with God in prayer..keeps me in balance.

helping someone else keeps me doing His will.

: Wearing red keeps me positive.

Kay~

LOVE this thread, Rowan.

I also enjoy walking or hiking, preferably with a creek or river nearby to meditate with.

I love to get lost in a book...I can read for hours and hours and not think about myself at all. Sometimes, that is a good thing.

Go for a ride on a Harley (or whatever). It is really exciting, feels like flying without drugs!

Focus on my son. Sunday we sat around and played board games together.