Sam, I won't pretend to understand what you struggle with having Asperger's, what I share is just a small shred of what recovery has done for me.
In early sobriety I struggled with motivating myself to do many of the things I had done when drinking. Cooking, hobbies, outdoor activities, music, etc. They had all died as I drank and I didn't feel like reviving them when I sobered up because I felt so drained. Gradually though, those things returned and I slowly began to enjoy them again, and this time they felt incredibly good.
I had a bread machine that had been idle for years, and when I started dating again I made my GF a loaf of fresh bread for breakfast. She still talks about that, how good it smelled and tasted, we're married now for 10 years. There's no vinegar in my homemade bread. My point? Putting effort into my sobriety and a program of recovery has provided we with the solutions for the challenges that used to crush me, great or small.