What are some fun sober activities or hobbies? Meaning where it's hard or impossible to drink while doing the activity? Hiking, bike riding, shooting guns are some that come to mind. What else?

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Hot yoga! And if you do drink the next time you go to class you’ll feel like you’re dying and reconsider your life choices.

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Perfect that means it’s working.

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Shooting clays is so fun and sporting clubs do not allow alcohol on the ranges. Axe throwing, go carting all have no alcohol restrictions.

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To be fair... I've been drunk doing all three of these activities you mentioned. 🤷‍♀️

In all seriousness though - look at things you used to do before you drank or things you've stopped doing since you've been drunk, and at least at first, avoid the same things you used to do a lot while drinking.

For me, it's puzzles and doing chores. Cleaning a toilet is a total buzzkill, but if you're trying to not drink, it's a good place to start. Lol

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Puzzles, writing, bike rides (on my new pedal assist bike), dog walks, documentaries, phone games (rise of kingdoms specifically right now), Wii/Xbox/etc. legoes, going to movies, watching movies at home, reading a book, chores, honey-do list... I think I have more on my full list, but I can't think of em all. Basically, I try to remember what I liked as a kid and do some version of that. :)

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Rock climbing

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Explore things you used to love doing pre-alcohol/drugs

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Also motorcycle touring.

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Learning stuff is another good one. Master class is really cool. It's also really nice to reflect on the others you've been able to make in something productive like learning how to cook in sobriety, because if you're anything like me or certainly wouldn't have happened when I was still drinking.

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I fell in love with bikes. To the point that I made an employment decision about it. I can’t recommend bikes enough as an outlet for the sometimes bottomless amount of energy I have now that I am sober

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It's a pretty common one in the sober community too. You could easily start a sober biking team.

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Rock climbing is my personal favorite!

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