Adult Children of Alcoholics: What Am I Doing For Fun?

Today let’s talk about having fun.

Have you ever felt like you were too serious?

That it was tough to let go and just have fun? I had a friend who used to regularly ask me “What are you doing for fun?” After a while, it started to bug me when she asked, because I couldn’t come up with many examples of fun in my life. I had learned at a very early age to be a serious kid, when I was growing up in an alcoholic family, and that naturally became my adult world. I’ve had to – strange to say – learn how to have fun. First I had to start by finding out what I enjoyed, and what made me happy. What a great project, to explore fun! Yet there’s nothing more balancing than the joy of play, or having a great, deep belly laugh.

What was your most recent belly laugh about?

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The Microsoft Office Clip Art Collection

Dan L. Hays offers encouragement for adult children of alcoholics.
The podcasts of these episodes can be found at: Minute to Freedom