I know what you mean kneepads. 'Doing the Work ' doesn't make a lot of sense to me either especially as for me it might mean being kind to myself and having a lie down
. It also feels like its implying that if you can't stay sober you've been naughty and not worked hard enough.
I suppose for me it just means doing whatever it is to stay sober. Having a plan is the same. Anyone asking me in early sobriety if I have a plan and I immediately feel guilty and my brain races around thinking 'what am I doing
?'
For me its been a very personal thing and whatever it is I'm doing is tailored for me and probably wouldn't work for anyone else unless they were exactly like me.