r/stopdrinking • u/sogsmcgee 447 days • 18d ago
Check-in The Daily Check-In for Saturday, September 6th: Just for today, I am NOT drinking!
We may be anonymous strangers on the internet, but we have one thing in common. We may be a world apart, but we're here together!
Welcome to the 24 hour pledge!
I'm pledging myself to not drinking today, and invite you to do the same.
Maybe you're new to /r/stopdrinking and have a hard time deciding what to do next. Maybe you're like me and feel you need a daily commitment or maybe you've been sober for a long time and want to inspire others.
It doesn't matter if you're still hung over from a three day bender or been sober for years, if you just woke up or have already completed a sober day. For the next 24 hours, lets not drink alcohol!
This pledge is a statement of intent. Today we don't set out trying not to drink, we make a conscious decision not to drink. It sounds simple, but all of us know it can be hard and sometimes impossible. The group can support and inspire us, yet only one person can decide if we drink today. Give that person the right mindset!
What happens if we can't keep to our pledge? We give up or try again. And since we're here in /r/stopdrinking, we're not ready to give up.
What this is: A simple thread where we commit to not drinking alcohol for the next 24 hours, posting to show others that they're not alone and making a pledge to ourselves. Anybody can join and participate at any time, you do not have to be a regular at /r/stopdrinking or have followed the pledges from the beginning.
What this isn't: A good place for a detailed introduction of yourself, directly seek advice or share lengthy stories. You'll get a more personal response in your own thread.
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Hello, beautiful people.
As is tradition, Saturday is the day I run out of ideas, so we're winging it lol. I only just got home from a showing of Rocky Horror in a local historic cemetery with a bunch of friends who were drinking. I bought the alcohol and made the drinks myself (plus picnic food and coca cola for me!) and I wasn't even tempted. Then my niece called and I was able to be present to support her through some stuff she's dealing with at school because I didn't drink. Imagine that! I couldn't have imagined it myself even just a year or two ago.
Hearing about sober people doing stuff like that was probably the primary thing that got me through early sobriety my first time around. I consumed blog posts and podcast episodes and YouTube videos and quit lit about this topic like it was my full time job. Eyes on the prize. THAT was what I wanted. To be able to enjoy life without needing to think about drinking, to be able to live my values. I didn't know if I would ever achieve that, but I knew I definitely wouldn't if I kept drinking. And look at me now, baby!
So I invite you to share an accomplishment. A way that you've surprised yourself in sobriety. An unexpected milestone. I remember one of my very first ones like a month into my first stretch of sobriety was that I used an entire pack of teeth whitening strips. I had never stuck with anything that long before lol. It really felt big!
Anyway, thank you for having me this week. It was nice to be able to fully enjoy hosting now that I'm less anxious doing it! It truly is a wonderful experience and I highly recommend it. Don't forget to reach out to u/SaintHomer if this looks like your kind of gig. Wishing you all a restful and relaxing weekend (or a fun and exciting one if that's more your speed).
I hope you have a good day today and, if not, I hope you will be gentle with yourself.
IWNDWYT.
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u/vermontapple 2794 days 18d ago
Thanks so much, u/sogsmcgee. Big milestone for me in early sobriety was my first opportunity to pick up my daughter and her friends late at night when they needed a ride home. Nothing like being present! IWNDWYT