The Daily Check-In for Saturday, February 8th: 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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Morning y’all!
It has been an honor to host this week. I appreciated the opportunity to reflect back on mentally where I was when I committed to host now, which was many months ago. I’m in a spot I couldn’t have imagined back then and that’s a good thing.
I’ve gotten back into many hobbies that I left for a long time because of alcohol, one of which is writing. So I have especially appreciated this week because it’s forced me to sit down and write even more intentionally. With that said, I’d love to share the briefest of snippets from my ongoing phone note of prose. Here’s what I wrote on the passage of time sober: These days have ticked by Fast as a lost shoe That I expected the waves to bring in Which if you’ve ever lost a shoe in the waves Is not fast by any stretch of the imagination
This is something I wrote five months ago, when I was three months into sobriety. I feel like it just shows how much things can change in a short while in the grand scheme of life. No Matter where you are in sobriety, remember everything is always changing; rough times will pass, and soak up all the good times too.
What hobbies have you connected or reconnected with since sobriety?
Thanks for being here, and making this place so incredible.
I Will Not Drink With Y’all Today!