Picking up the paddle again — table tennis, dead sober.

Kiana put it in the calendar and made me go. First thing I have genuinely enjoyed sober in a long time.

Kiana·

Kiana put table tennis in the calendar and, more importantly, made me actually go. Left to myself I'd have rescheduled it into oblivion.

First real thing I've enjoyed sober in years. No drink in my hand, no buzz to manufacture the fun — just a paddle, a ball, and the surprise of liking something again.

Step Two is a life worth being sober for. It sounds soft until you've spent years where everything enjoyable had a drink attached. Then it's the whole game.

part ofStep 2 · HobbiesA life worth being sober for. The things you enjoy with no drink in your hand.