Because sobriety is so fun and wondrous and gives me more time to the day and more awareness (yippee), I have had more time to do things that distract me from the everpresent void of holding my life has become

• Reading ( I dont do this as much as i should, but beyond most days where i tire of the devil box, I find myself reading primarly horror, biology, or thrillers. I am rereading Between Two Fires, honestly good starter book for religious medieval horror, easy to get into, reads like a bedtime story.)
• Vidya ( Minecraft Cobblemon has been my most played so far (I’m actually designing a modpack that brings palworld-esque capabilities and create/colony building playstyles together), but beyond that, most recent things are emulators (Elebits was fun, works well enough on the pc if you line things up right) Pokemon Mystery Dungeon (best pokemon series hands down, explorers of sky is a masterpiece), and Star Wars Racer (yes the one for the PS1)).
• Gardening (Growing some marigolds that have just started to pop through the dirt, making way for sweet potatoes. Starting small because where I am at it gets like super fucking hot, and kills off a lot of plants).
• Terrariums (Isopods, springtails, things I find in the yard, that sort of thing.)
• Aquariums (really want to get back into it, had a bunch of invertebrates and stuff i still have videos on)
• Running (I run like 3 miles every two days, got down to 9 min/mile while forcing myself to only breathe through my nose) Other stuff has been hard to do but I really want to go shooting soon. Work triumphs all I’m afraid. Crossstitch has also fallen through the cracks :(.