Ex-alcoholics of Any Forums

besides stopping drinking, what sort of other alterations did you have to make to your life in order to stay sober? asking because i am finding myself with a shit ton of time and am limited to only a few hobbies. i have friends but avoid them now because the only time i hung out with them was when there was alcohol around. i'll be fine to not drink but the void i filled by getting stupid every single day is still there. i find myself reading a lot more and going for 2-3 walks a day and i still have no fucking clue what do fill my time with

Attached: 1590094122198.jpg (1024x576, 62.39K)

A job?

start lifting weights

I exercise to exhaustion multiple times a week. Cycling with intense intervals then I destroy my upper body in the gym.
It's an addiction now and if I don't do it I feel like pure shit.

i use edible THC and it reduced the amount I drink by half. I still overdo it and probably shouldn't even drink alcohol, but i enjoy a good drink every now and again even though i know i should completely abstain.

just use the thc edibles and be dumb & happy every day.

>t. former major league drunk that retired

same shit here, it's been a few weeks, and nothing seems to be as fun anymore.

i WFH and make more money than all my friends or family. i should be happy but i just feel empty. every day is literally the same. buying stuff doesn't satisfy me. i can't sit still enough to watch TV or consoom vidya for too long

That's what I do too but now I drink and eat edibles everyday

Golf
Garden
Dog
Cooking
Online vidya community
Reading

If you really can’t control go to AA meetings it’s a bunch of people with ur problem keeping each other busy

If you have the space. Do something with hands. Woodworking, gardening, something real and tangible.

Got bored of drinking.

>i am finding myself with a shit ton of time and am limited to only a few hobbies
I make my own yogurt (hotplate water bath method). I bake my own bread, and a pressure cook my own beans. That should keep you busy. Also, keep your stomach full by eating lots of starches like tomato bean stew, oatmeal, bread, pasta, beans, air popped poporn, etc. Fattys foods and alcohol go well together for some reason, so if you want to quit drinking, you got to quit eating fatty foods, like pizza, and fried foods.

So now you take different drugs? Retarded

If any video game you like has a modding community, join a team working on some bigger project. Creating something for lots of people to enjoy is extremely engaging and rewarding.

>druuuuuugs
Everything is a drug. Coffee is a drug. Chocolate is a drug.

might have to do just this. i prefer to avoid places with people just because i'm a solitary guy but i do need to exhaust myself. i have a dog and he takes a bit of my day just keeping him from going crazy

lsd helped me drop alcohol for good. never going back

Just drop down to only weekends. Don’t try and do too much too quick. Think of it like reverse-addiction-period

how much sunlight do you get, and what kind of sleep schedule?

bought a house to live outside the city and actually having something to do on my spare time

oi guv I don't piss my pants and flip out on guest services when I'm high. on alcohol i'm a fucked up force of nature, weed relaxes me and makes me take it easy.

don't judge me, niggerfaggot, i'm pushing 40 and figuring out that i'm better off sans booze. this is a good thing.

Sober 5.5 years now.

I started having a lot of angry energy that desu I still have. But was able to get most of it out of me by playing sports. Join a league as you can meet good people and burn off energy.

With all the extra money I was saving I started investing it, which led to my fascination in investing, stocks, crypto, real estate. I saved up for 5 years and bought a home that I rent out.

Gardening, sports, investing. Try that

Bowling is super fun with a great community and culture.

i live in a cold ass part of the country (northern WI) but do make a point to walk outside for 1-2 miles at a time with my dog every single day. most i'll do this is maybe 3 times a day, with my last one planned later tonight. i just listen to the same shit every time (comedy radio/podcast stuff) so I feel like I'm just distracting myself and avoiding the issues, although in a healthy way. i'm still overweight so i gotta fast or some shit to get to my target weight

The magic word is patience: your brain needs to rewire and will get used to your new life. Give it time (couple of months, avoid bars and other places which trigger you to drink) and things will automatically fall in their place. There is no better high than being sober and happy. Best of luck!

After I got sober I put more than 5000 hours into CSGO. I gambled with skins lost a lot of money. Then I went back to wow and working out. Got all geared up and then found a woman, moved in together, bought a house, two German shepherds, 12 chickens, got married, had a beautiful white baby. I don't game anymore I spend time with my family and am working on rebuilding my grandpa's 67 f100, I built a 410 FE performance motor for it and installed it before my son was born. Runs great. I need to rebuild the brakes and do some body work.

Attached: received_719353519425928.jpg (1028x1920, 146.19K)

6 years 10 months and 14 days sober

you don't need to change anything except the part of you that thinks you need to change yourself. so what if you're overweight and drink, literally so fucking what? be good at it. you don't have to arrive at some predetermined goal in order to be happy, you will either be happy now, or you will be chasing happiness forever. it's here in the present moment, or it's nowhere. godspeed user.