Hobbies. I love DIY projects focus energy in those when stress and worry become a factor. I also play guitar and xbox. It's good to recognize and process for worries and you can do these while your mind is working on something else. You don't want to try to forget it because it will come back stronger the next time but you have to learn how to deal without falling. It helpsto have someoneto talk to as well. We all want to think we are unbreakable but it isn't true

. I sometimes worry also. I think it's just a part of being human. I think when we give up the bottle, we surrender to God and then our lives become more manageable because God is behind the scenes helping us with the things we can't control. Sometimes we take it back, hence comes the worry because ego is in charge now so when things get bad again, we give it back to God and things get better.

Life can be a merry go round at times, but daily meditation has helped me tremendously. Like anything in life that's beneficial, meditation takes practice. Sometimes I forget and I will skip a day or the dog or the phone will interrupt me but I rarely feel guilty about missing a day because just the desire to have a conversation with God is a prayer in itself.

I am glad to see more posts in this group.So thankyou for being here!

God Bless

What things do you do when you need to calm yourself and prevent worrying from becoming a real threat to your sobriety?

Give it to God.

Next week I will have 16 years sobriety. In all honesty, I can't think of anything that has been a threat to my sobriety since I completed working the steps and achieved a "spiritual experience" and "psychic change".

I remember that all I can do is what’s in front of me. I’m with yardeggs on this, nothing could be a threat. I’ve been down that road and there isn’t anything for me there.
Read the Grapes of Wrath. When I think, gee I’m suffering, did I watch my crops wither in drought for the fifth year, see my once fertile land become desert? There’s that scene where the tough as nails women look to their men to see if this last hit will knock them down and they see the jaws clench and hands become fists and they know that the fights not over.
I was in the high Sierras in February years ago. Hiked 20 miles through snow and ice. Cooked lentils and rice for dinner and plain oatmeal for breakfast then did it again and again. Never been more at peace.
The worry is the fear of will I have enough? We actually need a lot less than we think we do. Keep it simple and real.
I like to say to myself, will I die? Probably not so let’s keep it in perspective. And if it’s my time then I’ll be making room for another soul to walk this beautiful Earth. Pretty simple. Helps me understand fear.
Pan Dance by Jethro Tull is a great way to hear what humans are capable of creating. The renaissance followed the Black Death and I think we’re a long way from kind of suffering. What will come from our dramatic situation I wonder? What can I create and offer? Have a drink and hide? That is the only thing that could break me.
Tonight I watched my granddaughter playing in the garden picking peas and lettuce for snacks. Tomato plants so big she could hide behind them, squash and pumpkin with leaves she could wrap up in That was very calming. Something I’ve been given time to create.
Top of my list of creating calm: fourth year of no tv. Know how much time I have to live without that damm box?

Interesting replies, thank you, worry is not necessary unbeknownst to the ego, giving it to God is the key.

The hardest thing for me is my teenagers eating disorder. It is affecting her life in terms of friendships and social activity. We were dumped by her doctor over the winter because my girl refuses to take antidepressants. Now that I have a substance abuse problem myself, I see the sense in that. She wants to go back to her pediatrician to see if there is anything else we can do - without drugs. Seriously, they never really gave her any tools to address her fears. I am emotionally drained and exhausted. I've taken to lying down with a blanket and praying when it gets to be too much. Everyone just thinks I resting, while inside I'm begging for the strength to keep from drinking.

I am a believer in God...and struggle with worry daily...sometimes it surmounts my thoughts, so I shrug it off with practical stuff, like the elyptical, yoga, walks....reading spiritual books....and connecting with this DS.

The caregiver stuff like Loveydovey has shared has been my largest challenges in life. Unfortunately, this pandemic is getting in the way of supports and treatment.....as if it’s not difficult enough.

We must remember God helps those who help themselves....remember to wear the bleeping mask!