#happilybliss

Here is a little list of things that sprung to mind:

Netflix!

Read a book

Draw/paint/colour

Get creative! Make some friendship bracelets or recovery focused posters/sketches

Make some recovery motivated sticky notes and stick them around your house; on mirrors, doors, cupboards, tins, you name it, a sticky note can go on it ;)

Write in a journal

Do a puzzle

Work/study

Write a bucket list of things you want to do in the next 1/5/10/20 years

Go outside - stimulate your senses

Go for a short walk - try to notice things that are going on around you; what can you see? hear? smell? touch? 

Talk to someone if they are around

Message or phone a friend

Organise a day out with someone

Watch a movie

Play a game - that can be video games/a silly game on your phone/a board game/ANYTHING

Go for a drive

Start scrapbooking

Write a letter to someone - hand written letters in the post are the best things ever.

Make yourself a “care package” fill it with things like face masks, body lotion, some hair clips, a little notebook etc for times when you feel low.

Learn something new, whether it be a language or a skill/hobby e.g. knitting

Visit a family member you haven’t seen for a while, take them for coffee and listen to how their week has been. 

See if there is anything you can help out with around the house or with a neighbour

And I am sure there are a lot of other options out there too! 

But I think it is also important to remember that it is okay to acknowledge your feelings and emotions, you don’t always have to push them away. It is also okay to struggle and need some extra support; you don’t  have to be “okay” all of the time. Don’t block it all out. Speak to someone, let it out. Recovery is a journey, of course there are going to be ups and downs, but what matters is learning how to deal with those moments when relapse seems inviting.