100. Go for a walk or run in your neighborhood or the gym
99. Call a buddy you havent talked to in awhile.
98. Maybe tell a trusted person your thinking about using
97. Go to a AA or NA meeting if thats your thing.
96. Sex is always good at releasing natural endorphins.
95. Check out Bluelight for some good stories of peoples struggles with shit
94. video games!
93. Cooking/Baking
92. Drawing/Paint
91. Learn an instrument
90. Any sport
89. Write a poem of your thoughts/struggles. Even if you suck at poetry, pen your thoughts to paper, let it all out.
88. Go through old photo's and reminisce about the good times in your life.
87. Tidy your room/house. It'll take your mind off of it and give you a sense of achievement/positivity once it's done.
86. Go shopping! Instead, spend the money on something for yourself, treat yourself!
85. Buy a gift for a friend/relative. It's not the price that counts, it's the thought
84. Start a project with something your interested in.
83. Read a book on space and the universe
82. Delete numbers in your phone
81. YouTube search African wildlife
80. Clean out your car
79. Go to a park and listen to music in your headphones
78. Search for bizarre items on Ebay
77. Donate some stuff that you don't use
76. exchange a bunch of jokes to your kid
75. write down how awful that shit ends up making you feal
74. paint
73. bed your partner
72. go for a hike
71. Get a hooker
70. Put on a cape and fight crime
69. Start a protest outside the hospital for free health care.
68. Go race go carts with money
67.buy yourself a fancy dinner instead.
66. Troll the internet pretending to be country virtuoso Roy Clark
65. Go get ur hair did... Always feels better when u look better
64. Set up ur online dating profile cause u know ur ass is single and needs to find a "nice" guy or girl
63. Go grocery shopping and get healthy food to kick start ur diet so u can attract a "nice" girl or guy!
62. Call another recovering addict
61. (if you're a girl) paint your nails. It takes time, and then they'll be wet for a while and if you don't want to fuck them up, you can't go out
60. go walk on the beach and look for sand dollars and sea glass
59. call your mom, just to shoot the shit. chances are even if you didn't have a perfect childhood, you have a mom who at least cares about you. Hearing her voice, for me anyway, reminds me that I don't want to take all the chances that using makes me take (the chance of getting arrested, getting bad shit and getting sick, oding, ect)
58. it's been said already, but have sex with your partner. if you don't have one, instead of using, take one positive step towards meeting someone, be it signing up for a dating site or making a date to go out to a club (or gig or whatever) with a friend.
57. go take some pics. even if you just use your cell phone camera. go out for two hours around your neighborhood/city, and take pics of all kinds of stuff. go home, upload them, and play around with them in an image editor (there are good free ones). Upload your three favorites to facebook.
56. Imagine what you will do and how you will feel after the high fades. This actually used to help me when I had problems overeating. Instead of focusing on how good that ice cream would taste, I would think about the fact that in 20 minutes the ice cream will be gone, the pleasure from it will be gone, and I'll just feel full, uncomfortable and regretful. Think about how you'll feel when the high wears off - depressed, like you let yourself down, wasted money, ect.
55. make a list of five reasons personal to YOU why you don't want to use. Not why you "shouldn't use - that's too easy and doesn't help. Shouldn'ts are like "I could get arrested copping". Reasons why you don't WANT to are like "I want to finish school and I never go to class when I'm high".
54. Kind of said already but a big pros and cons list of using in bold marker so you can put it on your wall
53. Watch some porn
52. Go to the pet store
51. Go for a walk and make yourself smile at everyone you pass by
50. Listen to your favorite album, dj mix, or podcast
49. Decide how else you are going to spend your money!
48. Take few minutes to think of how good it feels to not wake up sick. To wake up on time, to look good for pictures, and to not be fucked up in public or with your family.
47. Come on here and post something positive.
46. Today's Memorial Day, but for any day...think about all those who didn't win the fight. Every breath you take are ones they aren't able to.
45. Make something with your hands and what you have lying around the house. Play.
44. Go outside and walk with the intention of observing everything outside of you.
43. Do a random act of kindness
42. Call family you dont talk to on a regular basis
41. Look into volunteering your time for a cause you like
40. pick up trash on the beach if your near one.
39. visualize, in detail, what it would be like to OD. Take it from the first hit until they call your Mom.
38. eat a cookie
37. eat another cookie
36. pet a kitty. if you don't have a kitty, look into ways to volunteer socializing kitties. go on an animal adoption website and browse kitties for adoption. tell yourself when you're well and stable, you're going to adopt a kitty (if you're ready and able to commit to being its caretaker for life).
35. change the subject and do your Dougie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZglqkCRNt8
34. Google search and start a massive collection of pictures from the internet of chicks eating bananas.
33. Go outside and take some nature pics
32. watch your favorite comedy movie
31. If you have a friend that has overdosed, remember him/her in some way or call the mother of the friend to just say hi
30. Go get some cheap scrap wood and build something you can use.
29. If your unemployed look for a job and if you are look for a job you would like better
28. Eat something
27. HALT; Are you hungry, anger, lonely, or tired??
26. organize something - anything, be it your silverware drawer, your cds or your makeup collection. Before even letting yourself think too much, grab everything you're going to organize and dump it in a pile on the floor. Grab something to drink, put on some music, sit down at your pile and start picking what you need and dont need, making things neat, and figuring out how to put it all back so its organized.
25. take a bubblebath or a long hot shower
24. clean your car
23. Find a recipe of a tasty dish you like and make it at home.
22. Buy a book on that talks about getting sober or recovery.
21. Go to the store and buy some unsalted peanuts and go feed the squirrels.
20. Ride your bike as far as you can take it so when you get home your dead tired
19. Go get a damn haircut
18. walk outside and notice the effect on other people when you make eye contact and smile
17. go on a bike ride in your neighborhood and take pictures of cool stuff that you like about it. (come back home and post in
my son's thread in SO LOL)
16. look up a country you know nothing about and read about it
