What's the funnest thing you've done since getting sober?
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What's the funnest thing you've done since getting sober?
have they been big things?
little things?
things you couldn't have done until you got sober?
Let's share the fun!
little things?
things you couldn't have done until you got sober?
Let's share the fun!
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For me only small things so far since I'm on Day 10... I consciously try to do something small for fun every day, I plan them in a scheduling and calendar sort of way. Things that I know I like from experience based on my older days: go to a museum, watch a movie, walks in my city admiring the buildings or go to the park, I am also starting evening classes soon... oh and reading books and articles, I am a reading junkie sober 
Will be interesting to potentially discover entirely new things that I like at a later stage, but for now I'm sticking with the small ones.
Kate, I also developed a fear of heights with drinking, I never had that before. So bad I was even afraid of stairways. How crazy.
Will be interesting to potentially discover entirely new things that I like at a later stage, but for now I'm sticking with the small ones.Kate, I also developed a fear of heights with drinking, I never had that before. So bad I was even afraid of stairways. How crazy.
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Originally Posted by haennie 
For me only small things so far since I'm on Day 10... I consciously try to do something small for fun every day, I plan them in a scheduling and calendar sort of way. Things that I know I like from experience based on my older days: go to a museum, watch a movie, walks in my city admiring the buildings or go to the park,
I think scheduling fun activities is super smart during early recovery. Boredom and just too much time on our hands can make the days longer and harder than they need to be!
I had to come up with new "what to do with myself in the evening" activities...I did a lot of housework and hiking at odd hours.
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I think my funnest times sober are similar to the ones I had before I got sober...head out hiking to the middle of nowhere, take off into the woods to see what I can see. That's how I spent today, climbing around in the desert scrub. Came across a herd of nearly 100 elk!
A BIG difference as far as fun activities is that now my BF is sober too! We had split up because he was essentially drunk every minute he was not at work. But now he is sober and we have our fun outings again, or even just being home together in the evening talking or watching a movie is SO much better than the ultra depressing never do anything drinking days.
A BIG difference as far as fun activities is that now my BF is sober too! We had split up because he was essentially drunk every minute he was not at work. But now he is sober and we have our fun outings again, or even just being home together in the evening talking or watching a movie is SO much better than the ultra depressing never do anything drinking days.
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Originally Posted by alphaomega
Threshold - I'm headed out to do the same !!! First hiking trip to Tucson area. I'm so excited I can barely contain myself !!! Dove Mountain.
I'm jealous...haven't been down to Tuscon area for a couple years.
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The funniest/most fun thing I've done since sober was a little music game we invented this weekend. Seriously I haven't laughed until I couldn't breath like this in a long time. I suggest you give it a go!
So someone pulls up lyrics to a song (rap songs make for the best laughs). Hand the lyrics to whoever's turn it is, where they then have to sing it either as a love song or heartbroken country tune. It is sooooooo funny!
!So someone pulls up lyrics to a song (rap songs make for the best laughs). Hand the lyrics to whoever's turn it is, where they then have to sing it either as a love song or heartbroken country tune. It is sooooooo funny!
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