Spirited Sober Gifts! Alcohol-Free Cocktails! 100 Fun Ideas! The Best of Excursions Magazine
The holidays are a wonderful time of year to be with family and friends.ย The holidays areย also a time for emotionalย triggers, pushed buttons and stress.ย ย It’s commonย for those in recovery to find the “most wonderful time of the year”ย to be challenging. So, when you need a lift, the followingย articles have ideas for winter sober activities and holiday gift ideas for your spirited, but sober loved ones.
Make the holidays fun again!
100 Sober Things to Do to Beat the Winter Blues
By:ย Marilyn Spiller
There are many wonderful things about living in Grand Rapids, Michigan. But, and there is a but, the winters are long. A lot of the awesome things to do are currently buried beneath a crazy quilt of variations on white: snow, ice, ivory, cream, dirty, pearl, vanilla, ghost, milk, cotton, sugarโฆ. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a real.
Sober Cocktails from the Sanford House Kitchen
By:ย Sanford House
Well sober friends, itโs almost the New Year and weโre in the heart of the holiday festivities. Anybody else getting a little gassy-water logged? When you are newly sober, there is something unnerving about the proffered champagne tray, the well-meaning host asking the dreaded question, โWhat are you drinking?โ This holiday season we [read more]
Great Gifts for the Spirited Sober!
By:ย Marilyn Spiller
The holidays are the very best time of year to thank those who have helped us, remind loved ones how much we care and reinforce the best qualities in our friends and family. For those who have gotten sober in 2015, congratulations! For those in long term recovery, we salute you! Itโs the middle of [read more]
Singing the Praises of the Adult Art Therapy Coloring Book
By:ย Jess Kimmel
I am an art therapist. When I tell people about what I do, I get a lot of: โWhat the heck is that?โ โLike on Law & Order?โ โOh, how New Age!โ (Answers to those questions later). Art Therapyโฆ We art therapists are a small community, and our work is often either unseen [read more]
