I bought some pure carrot juice today -- yummy, without the mess of cleaning the juicer.

Iced lemon ginger tea sounds good. I bought some ginger tea bags today but i was thinking of hot tea. Maybe I will try it iced.

And no soda for me either -- I gave it up a couple of years ago to try to have a healthier diet.

I like Arnold Palmers. They are especially good on a hot and humid day. For the iced tea portion, I made some ginger-lemon green tea. It was OK, but I don't think I used enough teabags. For the lemonade, I used Minute Maid from the bottle.

For the cooler weather, I'm thinking of some type of spicy apple tea and mixing it with apple cider and/or ginger ale.

When I first stopped, I was craving Coca-Cola (the real stuff.) I also made Coke or root beer floats. Fortunately, after I let my second 2-liter of Coke go flat, I didn't want it any longer. I don't like diet sodas and if I'm craving a float, I can buy a single can of Shasta very inexpensively.

I now primarily drink lots and lots of ice water, but it's fun to get creative when you want an alternative.

I juice for myself and my family most mornings. Carrot, ginger, beet and celery is my favorite. Sometimes I over due the ginger so have to be careful as it gets icky fast.
New habits in sobriety include reading again. Everything. Most notably I
started riding again in earnest when I got sober. Now I own my own horse and ride 4-5x a week. We are doing great in the 3ft hunters. I'm so grateful to be sober.

I've been buying treat drinks! Different flavored Kombucha drinks are a favorite & the other day I bought fresh squeezed juice at an organic health food market - it was lemon, ginger, agave, rose hips, hibiscus,lemongrass, raspberry leaf & orange peel. It was the most heavenly thing I have tasted in a long time, I savored every little sip. I remember thinking that I've always noticed that I enjoy the little things so much more when I'm being healthy & not drinking.

I own a juicer - daily juicing is a great idea - I need to pull the juicer out & leave it on the counter :)

And just being over all more productive - around the house & finding time to run/bike again - taking the dogs to the river by my house for a dip - etc etc - filling my time with positive & healthy activities.

I treat myself to iced coffees from McDonalds or Dunkin Donuts. :) Satisfies cravings for me. I also write a lot and that helps.

Nothing like a Wendy's choc shake to get me thru a low

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