Do It Sober

Those things we have to do
have been done in the past
virtually always
with crutches.
Some crutches we claim as addictions,
a drink or a cake or sex...
anything to give us false strength.
But then we may give up the dependency
yet substitute something else...
a drink for a sugar addict,
an apple fritter for an alcoholic,
or anger, bluster, compulsive games,
jealousy, blame, guilt...
Whatever we do
when we don't do surrendered
we do in our addiction.
And comfort evades us.
If we are to have serenity
we have to learn how to do it not just dry
but sober.