Sober activities around Boston?
After years of being a bar fly and paying rent at the bar every evening and weekend, I’m a couple months sober now.
It’s been great! I’m getting healthier and I have a lot of time - I check out recovery meetings, I’ve been taking care of my body with the goal of hitting the gym again soon (I have an injury I’m dealing with first), I read a lot, and as an AMC A-list subscriber I’ve been going to see a ton of movies downtown.
Seeing movies has been awesome. I’m also laid off currently with a severance, and it’s been a great way to anchor my time - I get out, take public transit to the common, walk around, see all the latest releases - and it’s especially been great on the weekends. I had a rough week recently and was very tempted to drink on a Friday evening, and I distracted myself by heading to the movie theater and effectively dodged the craving. It also allows me to feel cultured, since I haven’t traditionally been a film person, and I feel like I’m learning a lot.
Having seen about 20 movies now in the past month and a half or so, I’m officially fatigued with it, or atleast with doing it 4 times a week. What are some other things to do in order to get me out of the house, especially on weekend evenings, that don’t involve alcohol? Even when I get back into fitness, most gyms close at 7pm on weekends.
Any ideas? Game nights? Anything else going on??