If you're an Atheist, what comforts you?

[Whateverist]

I'm someone in transition who's pretty close to being an atheist, so I would not suggest that atheists have nothing to live for or some of the other ignorant ideas people have about atheists. Just wanted to get that out of the way. 

That said, I am having a lot of depression and anxiety that, back when I was a believer, I'd be coping with by praying. Now prayer is out, so I wanted to ask a general question: 

What brings you comfort when life is hard? I'm especially interested in any book recommendations or videos that I can turn to repeatedly when times are tough. They don't have to be by atheists or about atheism. Any secular source will do. 

thanks

In dog I trust.  Get a dog.

Number one book recommendation for when in a depressed state, especially in relation to losing faith:  Alan Watts' "The Wisdom of Insecurity".  Works every time or your money back!

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What brings you comfort when life is hard? 

Meditation, mindfulness and knowing that the religious are wrong. 

The thought that tomorrow can be different. 

I know it sounds stupid but gratitude lists sometimes work.

This.  But what the religious are not wrong about is being open to insight and understanding that isn't cobbled together with a fevered brain.  What religion has going for it is the thought that answers can come which we don't consciously put together ourselves.  You can still have that without the god-stuff.  If you realize how much processing goes on beneath the surface of your conscious mind you might find that by dialing back the angst some comfort may be found there.