Fun In Recovery

I was thinking about how to have fun in recovery. Just for kicks out wanted to make a list of things to do that could be fun, or simply occupy some time. a lot of folks say there is nothing to do so simply to be contrary I decided to make a list of some fun things to do. I hope you will add your comments and list the things that you like to do most.

• Go to the zoo.
• Read your favorite magazine.
• Go to a play.
• Tryout for play.
• Go to the movies and have some popcorn.
• Go to the park and watch the kids play.
• Go skydiving.
• Go for a glider ride.
• Take a walk at night and look at the stars and moon.
• Get dressed up for no reason.
• Walk around your house backward.
• Read a silly book.
• Use the blender to make a homemade milkshake.
• Make ice cream.
• Skip to my loo.
• Jump rope.
• Take some dance lessons.
• Go bird watching.
• Sing a silly song.
• Go bowling.
• Go shoot some pool.
• Call an old friend you haven't spoken to in a while.
• Play Frisbee.
• Go to the nature center.
• Treat yourself to some flowers.
• Go look at new cars and pretend you have all the money in the world.
• Drive exactly 20 mi. due north and see where you end up.
• Go buy a candy cane in the middle of summer.
• Buy a scented candle.
• Meditate.
• Bake cake.
• Go to the library.
• Check out of volunteer opportunities.
• Go to the mall and sit and just watch people.
• Start a new project.
• Finish an old project.
• Smile at everyone you see today.
• Make an apology owed.
• By some houseplants.
• Make someone laugh.
• Plan a vacation.
• Go on a vacation.
• Make caramel apples.
• Go to McDonald's and order a hamburger without the bun.
• Make a campfire in your back yard.
• Look at yourself in the mirror and say something nice.

Well, there are a just a few ideas and my fingers are cramped from typing. So I will turn over the task of thinking of new fun things to do over to you. Please add some things to do that would be fun in recovery.

Louisville vascular surgeon provides 'hands on' support for troops

Dr. Andrea Yancey, a vascular surgeon from Louisville, has completed two weeks of volunteer service treating wounded American soldiers transported from Afghanistan and Iraq to the U.S. Army’s Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany.

“I now have a better understanding and enhanced respect and appreciation for our military,” Yancey said in a press release from the Society for Vascular Surgery, which has provided continuous two-week rotations of vascular surgeons at LRMC for the past four years, the release said.

“The soldiers were young, polite, and grateful,” Yancey said. “Their mental and physical toughness and capacity for resilience were hard to comprehend. In spite of their injuries, they never complained or asked for pain medicine. They did not want to inconvenience anyone.”

Yancey is an assistant professor of surgery at the University of Louisville and a surgeon at the Robley Rex Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Louisville.