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Addiction & Recovery

applegrove

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1. Find a website that is addictive in some way. Load up on books. Take a long bubble bath.

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Fri Sep 27, 2019, 06:00 PM

Sep 2019

offer to walk other people's dogs. Listen to music. Sign up for Netflix and Hulu and Amazon and bingewatch shows. Plant a garden. Learn how to knit. Do genealogy online. Good luck. I've been quit 7 years and i don't crave at all. I hardly think of booze anymore.

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Weekends continue to be a struggle. [View all] bif Sep 2019 OP

Find a website that is addictive in some way. Load up on books. Take a long bubble bath. applegrove Sep 2019 #1

I'm finding online solitaire sort-of addictive lately. nt No Vested Interest Sep 2019 #3

I used to play that game with 10 others as a kid. It is more aerobic applegrove Sep 2019 #4

You are not alone...The solitaire installed at Windows does it for me. Stuart G Sep 2019 #5

I've played that back when it came with every version of windows. A great way applegrove Sep 2019 #8

. . . fleur-de-lisa Sep 2019 #2

Yes, that is what we need, group hugs Stuart G Sep 2019 #6

Yes, some days are a difficult struggle. We must keep on plugging. Stuart G Sep 2019 #7

Just remember... TommyCelt Sep 2019 #9