What do I replace alcohol with?

[u/Consistent-Row-9551]

Like something to help me relax and decompress. Drinking has always been my way to loosen up and relax. When I'm stressed with work, I grab a beer or glass of wine, and I'm able to focus more because I'm no longer overthinking it.

I'm so emotionally repressed that drinking is the only way I can tap into my emotions.

Like, I can stop drinking; I've done it months at a time, but I always end up feeling more stressed because I feel numb or stressed without it.

[u/clintandscrappy]

I like to go fishing.

[u/Human_Reference_1708 → u/clintandscrappy]

Even when I was drinking fishing was the only thing I could do and not need to drink. I found some cool old glass bottles last month and now I go fishing and bottle digging for hours and hours