Monday Meeting of the Sober People Getting Shit Done Club
When I was drinking, I did shit (meaning, nothing). In contrast, now that I’m a non-drinker, I’m getting shit done. In fact, productivity has become one of my favorite parts of being sober.
Has this been true for you, too? Without the endless cycle of wasting time while drinking followed by recovering from a hangover, do you find yourself with extra hours in the day to do constructive things, such as finally finishing that book you’ve been reading or tackling that mess in the garage? If so, I invite you to join the Sober People Getting Shit Done Club.
In order to be a member of this club, you must do three things:
Get something done.
Be sober while doing it.
Tell us about it.
I’ll go first: [possible TMI] I have been a sober person getting shit done by tackling what I think of as being (for women) the Trifecta of Unpleasant Routine Exams—having a mammogram, a pap smear, and a colonoscopy.
This unpleasantness has actually been going on for more than a month, because the doctors saw something concerning on my first mammogram, and I had to wait a few weeks before I could get another one. I am not in AA, but I find the Serenity Prayer to be incredibly helpful when I’m anxious, and I leaned heavily into the “accepting the things I cannot change” part of it.
I swear that the joy of getting a clean bill of health after you’ve been worried is a better high than any liquor could ever give you.
If you are sober and have been getting shit done—whether it’s a big thing like rebuilding the engine of an old motorcycle or a small thing like making that long overdue phone call to your grandmother—I want to hear all about it!