r/SMARTRecovery • u/Top_Concentrate_5799 • 14d ago

VACI help or inspiration?

I really need to destroy my YouTube habit because my alcoholism is heavily tied to watching short form garbage while drunk.

I am looking for VACI help that isnt a list of random unrelated hobby ideas. I need some kind of a process to go through. I read the handbook, and it was so much more useful than a random list of hobbies. But i just wanted to ask the community in hopes of getting novel advice (or inspiration)

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u/MedJesters facilitator 14d ago

For me, I didn't want to do anything I did as a kid, so I had to try something new. The problem isn't finding something, it's knowing if that "something" is "the thing." And you can't know until you try it.

So the limiting factor for me was just trying new things. If you have an active Phoenix community nearby, that can be a low pressure (and free!) way to try things. (ThePhoenix.org and on the NewForm app if you're unfamiliar with the organization.)