I quit drinking right before the pandemic hit in December of 2019. As such I didn't really have a "break" from most things as I was almost completely indoors. I work from home, my mother in law lives with us, and AA got too risky to go to. I started exercising at home and honestly just worked my butt off (I was very fortunate to have a work surplus while millions of others were out of a job). I give a lot of credit for my success to two simple things: The Serenity Prayer, and playing things forward. I used these two things countless number of times in the last year or so. It also helps that my wife decided to quit drinking with me. We had each other to support and talk things through.
edit: I forgot to mention that with more sober time I rekindled my love of playing games on my PC. I built a brand new PC with the money I had saved from weed/booze and get lost in fictional worlds. This has been huge for me as well.