Please help me find some alternative activities to drugs and booze - stuff to keep me diverted and entertained during the long nights of insomnia and loneliness I'm looking forward to over the next few months. I'm looking for both general and specific recommendations - books to read, films to watch, games to play, things to cook and activities outside the house I could get involved in. [more inside]
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Tips, tricks and anecdata needed to successfully and permanently kick a diet soda habit. [more inside]
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I am looking for strong examples of people who were functional, positive contributors to society as drunks, who were able to accomplish even more after they stopped drinking. [more inside]
posted by perspicio on Mar 5, 2011 - 28 answers

Quitting smoking makes me hate the world. How do I get over that? [more inside]
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