I've just passed 9 months sober, and one of the biggest benefits of sobriety I've found is that I no longer feel overwhelmed by my To Do list. While I was drinking it seemed the list got longer each day, and some items would remain on the list literally for months. The more I'd avoid it the worse it became. The more I drank the more I ignored, and the more things needed urgent attention. The more things I avoided doing, the more severe the consequences would get.
Now I seem to have broken the cycle and it's amazing. I've cleared off so much of the list I can start adding fun things, or interesting things instead of only bills, responsibilities, and crap. I thought it would be nice to have a thread where people can post productive things they've gotten done to encourage others to keep moving forward
It may also turn into a thread that will give you some ideas of things to do when you're riding out major cravings...
Some of the ones I've gotten rid of recently....
-2 visits to the dentist (knowing it would be bad news and went anyway)
-Filed 4 years of back taxes (still working on paying them but it's a start)
-applied for health insurance as my job doesn't offer any
-took car in for much needed repair
-started giving away clothes that don't fit or that I never wear