Adults 30+ How do you handle everything?

How are you not drinking or using any substances to navigate life? I’m overwhelmed right now and I’m so tempted to pick up on self destructive habits. I can’t resort to alcohol because i Spent 10 years fighting to become sober 😩 and I’ve never done drugs, I hate smoking, my only option is sex and it makes me more sad because i Remember my ex and that makes me feel worse.

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blackarcher256 · 61-69, M

I wish I had some wisdom I could pass along, but the truth is I don’t. I just kept moving forward… focusing from minute to minute on small things that fed my soul, and nurtured that small flame of hope still alive inside me. Sometimes it was just driving for hours….sometimes it was listening to that one song that seemed to speak to me, over and over…..or at night, when all the pain of loss and despair seemed overwhelming, I walked quiet streets, under the stars, concentrating on the stillness and trying to absorb it. Sometimes I held on by the slimmest of margins, but I held on and I’m still here.