Does anyone else feel themselves get addicted to other things when newly sober (food,exercise,codependency etc.) it’s hard to break free from this mindset and not constantly distract myself from my feelings. Any tips on how I can help this?
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This helps a lot thank you, I guess in the end it is a bit of harm reduction, the lesser of two evils
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Excercise certainly
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We are addicts. We easily become addicted to things. We try to find things to do, that fill up the time that we were previously filled with drugs, or alcohol. I was gardening too much during my early sobriety, seriously.. I grew a 91 lb pumpkin that year. It was wanting to watch something grow and be amazed with, while I was repairing myself... It growing myself..no pun intended. I eventually came off the pink cloud and slowed down a bit.. I am comfortable with my sobriety, so I can stay home and just relax without thinking I will want to drink, or use.
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Ava, for sure I can easily be addicted to just about anything. In early sobriety especially. I ran 10 miles daily, ate tons of sugar, women and so forth.
Just the awareness helped. The 12 steps multiple times really helps! My addiction is alive and kicking but not nearly as intense.
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I go to 2 to 3 meetings a day instead of chasing the drug or alcohol high I’m chasing my sobriety instead I used to be a hopeless dope fiend now Im a dopeless hope fiend🤣
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I’ve learned this to be cross addiction. Our brains work around a reward system type thing . It can be harmful if you don’t develope some discipline. I suggest having set routines and following them .
Most people are already addicted to sugar and don't know it. It's much easier for me to stay away from alcohol, now that I've stopped sugar and carbs.
It's a cross addiction. It's part of the process. Just be careful. Set boundaries with yourself since your aware.
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I wanna see a 91 lb 
idk how long ago that was but impressive because of the fluctuation of the climate, assuming it was outdoors.
For sure do here. Awareness is key. Tiring at times but I’m definitely a create of habit.
One thing at a time. One day at a time. Work on your sobriety first. Then when you are thinking clearly you can hopefully work a program that helps you. Don’t do too much too soon it can be overwhelming and seemingly hopeless a challenge. It gets better with time and work. Time takes time. We’re addictive people so we want more of everything…..emotional chaos, money, food, exercise…. That’s who we are. More more more. Get clean, get a sponsor, work a program and let the miracle happen.
Spending money 
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Every time I stopped drinking I replaced the alcohol with food and an unhealthy amount. And with that new unhealthy habit, it only lead to drinking again. That cycle went on for a couple years. I finally got tired of it all and fully surrendered. Im part of the AA community and work the program. That's what helps me.. best of luck to you! 
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Work the steps
We come for the drinking and stay for our thinking. Alcohol was a tool to treat the side effects of being uneasy in our souls. Keep working the steps.
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Good morning Ava
Yes, it is easy for us to try to fill the void. In Early recovery we are mourning the loss of our drink or our drugs. So therefore, we are constantly trying to fill it with other things while filling the addicted personality. Of the traits we have learned for so many years out there. So please just keep coming back. He gets better one day at a time 
I absolutely understand what you are going through. I was a drug addict and when I got clean, I thought I could drink because I always hated it! Bad mistake. I believe it only took me a week to become an alcoholic. If I really want to be honest about it, and I do. Please do not try this!! I ended up drinking for 10 miserable years. I am so thankful to be alive and to be sober and clean. Only by the grace of God am I still alive. I'm sure each one of us can say that. He is the only reason I am clean and sober today, so I give Him all the glory. Everything good in my life has come from God. Be strong and find healthy outlets. I love exercise and I love walking and that has helped me immensely and maybe it will help you as well. Stay strong!
Amen! That's a fact! 
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Anything can be an addiction. Going to meetings and putting it on the tables. Saying what your struggling with atm and getting it out in the open helps. Then afterwards if you heard anything that helps or stuck with you. Go on and talk to them about it. If your not there yet though. Talking to other people in recovery about it one on one. You may feel alone but I promise it's normal and many of us have been there. At 2.5 years clean I still go there when I get busy with life. That's when I have to push myself back into the recovery community, almost like day 1 all over again. It's a process and one we are never done with. Addiction affects all parts of our lives. Taking the drugs and alcohol out of the equation often brings light to other areas of our lives still stuck in that obsessive toxic cycle. Don't overwhelm yourself thinking you have to fix it all at once. Just take on one thing at a time at your own pace. It takes as long as it takes on your journey. There's no right or wrong way to your program and process. Just constantly growing in different directions is the goal. There's no destination on our journey. Just the serenity and peace you come to know learning about yourself as you go along.
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