Coping Mechanism

I am enticed by many things to stop sobriety. I'm enticed by, music (all types), Winter days, wedding receptions, Fall days, class reunions (although, I've only been to one), Spring days, fishing, Sundays, funerals, Mondays, arguments, Tuesdays, mean people, Wednesdays, nice people, Thursdays, birthdays, Fridays, trips, Saturdays, shopping, Sundays, and Summer days. The list really could go on for days. I am human after all. I can't control every situation--which, drives me insane, literally, I act like an insane person  when I'm not in control of every situation presented. Ask my husband, like if our grass is starting look browner than I like, I will ask him a million times about the sprinkler system. This need to control everything, combined with my history of depression and anxiety, is the reason I liked alcohol so much. Now, I don't ever get to escape those annoying-- nagging feelings that often overwhelm me. I also don't get to escape situations I have no control over. So today, while being bothered by a situation I had no control over, I decided, I would try a  new coping mechanism. I have tried this new found (self invented) coping mechanism out a few times today, and I am surprised by the success I have had with it. For instance,whenever I had a nagging feeling over a situation I couldn't control, I would bark. Yes, I would bark like my Ruby (my dog). It is a high pitched bark or maybe you could compare it to a high pitched grunt. I did it in a parking lot today and scared a construction worker. I must be creative if I am to survive sober living. Humor gets me through almost every life obstacle there is, but nothing beats a good bark.