- Find a place where you can be alone, and go there when you need to feel safe.
- Take time to forgive yourself. Maybe you need to forgive yourself every single day for the next year. Who cares? Take the time.
- Give sincere compliments to others. Give smiles freely too. It costs you nothing.
- Yesterday is gone. You don’t need to dwell on any of your yesterdays. Forget the shoulda, coulda, woulda. It’s right now that matters. Let yourself be.
- Find some physical exercise you like to do. Then do it.
- Some of your friends will not want to be a part of your sobriety. The hell with them. Let them go.
- Get some sun on your face. Let it warm you.
- You’re feeling restless or sad or depressed? Take a brisk walk. Walk until you walk it out. It works. I promise.
- Make time to be still and know that you are loved. Meditate, pray, listen to music, take a nap. But be still.
- Remember to love yourself. You can always be better, sure. If you make a mistake, learn from it. Be the person you can respect. Love yourself for who you are and what you do now.
- Choose wisely. Choose how to spend your time. Make every moment count. And remember, you are responsible for those choices.
- Choose wisely. Choose how you spend your money (now that you aren’t spending it on alcohol you’ll have more).
- Nothing feels as good as waking up without a hangover. Appreciate that.
- Be true to yourself. Others may try to convince you that you can take a drink. You can’t. That’s what got you here. Be true to your sobriety. Alcohol cannot be trusted. Sobriety can be.
- Use the damn phone if you need to. Be brave. Ask for help.
