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.

This post goes up at:

• US - Night/Early Morning
• Europe - Morning
• Asia and Australia - Evening/Night

A link to the current Daily Check-In post can always be found near the top of the sidebar.

THAT WAS THE RIVER, BUT THIS IS THE SEA

Happy Sober Sunday! I’m so honored to host the DCI this week! You are the kindest, loveliest, most encouraging, adorable, real, honest, delightful…!

I’m really choked up actually because of how life works. Things lead to things. I’ve been sober for 33 years (AA, yoga, meditation, comedy, and loads of therapy) I came on Reddit for the first time in my life to research camping. My friends invited me to join them. I said, ‘great idea!’ I’m 66 and I knew absolutely NOTHING about camping. Turns out Reddit gave me all kinds of great advice about tents and tarps and waterproofing, so I bought some gear and had a great first time camping! Which got me thinking…what other topics am I interested in? Why, that’s easy, DRINKING of course! In particular, the STOPPING of.

My life was a disaster when I slumped into my first AA meeting. I was failing every area of my life and I hated myself -and almost every else- the bastards! Stopping drinking seemed unimaginable and reeked of boredom and defeat. I thought I was finished on this planet.

My younger self could not possibly know that quitting drinking- which I called Bootcamp of the Soul- would be the best decision I’ve ever made! All good comes from this singular moment. I learned I CAN choose an alternate ending for my life.

I dug in deep, made sobriety THE priority, and listened to music for strength and hope. Today if you like, play some music that speaks to your soul and moves you forward. I’d love to hear your faves. I had The Waterboys song ‘This is the Sea’ wailing away for about a year, and I’m scream/singing with it, ‘That was the RIVER, …this is THE SEA!!!…yeah!yeah!…’

Love you all so much as you reach out and support each other. IWNDWYT

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.

This post goes up at:

• US - Night/Early Morning
• Europe - Morning
• Asia and Australia - Evening/Night

A link to the current Daily Check-In post can always be found near the top of the sidebar.

What a week, huh?

Lemon, it’s Wednesday

We’re half way through the week already, sober internet friends, congratulations!

This week hasn’t been the easiest for me, and the replies from you all each day have been wonderful. I appreciate all of you.

I have been learning very hard on my support system this week, spending time with fellow alcoholic who understand, and for that I am grateful.

What does your support system look like? Your family? Your friends? This very community? Folks from your local AA or other group recovery program of choice? Or perhaps even the wonderful people from the Stop Drinking IRC? Those folks are amazing and have been there for me when I felt truly alone.

This is a friendly reminder that no one has to go through this alone. There are always people you can count on to support and understand you. If you need a support, I know it’s hard to admit you need or want help, but there’s no shame in it. Our problems are less unique than we like to imagine. I encourage you all, no matter if you’re on day 1 or day 1000, to seek the companionship of someone else who struggles with alcoholism, so that you, and they, may feel less alone.

IWNDWYT

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.

This post goes up at:

• US - Night/Early Morning
• Europe - Morning
• Asia and Australia - Evening/Night

A link to the current Daily Check-In post can always be found near the top of the sidebar.

Dear friends and fellow travelers!

I’m just hopping in for today as this week’s host has some time zone challenges.

December is well upon us, and I’m sure that more people than me go into it with a blend of anticipation and anxiety. I used to hate Christmas, but honestly believe this will be one of the best so far - they keep getting better, and not just because I’m not drinking. An important part of being sober is making new memories, creating new patterns, experiencing things anew. So, I’m given the opportunity to create the Christmas holiday that I want, and I’m looking forward to it.

Just like today. Another Sunday, that I used to dread; now a day for rest and opportunity. And Christmas preparations. How does your day look?

I will not drink with you today!

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.

This post goes up at:

• US - Night/Early Morning
• Europe - Morning
• Asia and Australia - Evening/Night

A link to the current Daily Check-In post can always be found near the top of the sidebar.

Good morning Stop Drinking and welcome to Monday. It’s the final week before the holiday festivities start in earnest, with all the excitement, celebration and stress that often brings.

Friends, family, neighbours, colleagues - parties, intimate gatherings, office do’s, public fetes - opportunities to meet and share a moment with other people are the norm for many people this time of year.

For us sobernauts, this can present lots of challenges and it can often feel easier to just ‘“go with the flow” and accept an alcoholic drink from an insistent host rather than have to explain or offend someone with refusal.

So what’s your game plan? Forewarned is forearmed and failure to prepare is to prepare for failure - we need to be ready, particularly in the early stages of sobriety, to protect our sober space and keep it clean. How are you going to do that? What will you say? How will you cope if someone keeps urging you to drink poison?

Please take a moment to reflect and share your tips and strategies for refusal.

I will not drink poison with you today ❣️

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.

This post goes up at:

• US - Night/Early Morning
• Europe - Morning
• Asia and Australia - Evening/Night

A link to the current Daily Check-In post can always be found near the top of the sidebar.

Hello penguins. Thanks for celebrating day 500 with me. :) I can’t imagine a better way to spend it than here with you all. You helped me get and stay sober. 

When I was drinking, I was convinced I had lost my mind, and I feared I’d never get it back.  

At drinks with friends, I stared at their glass lines waiting for them to drop low enough for it to be socially acceptable for me to order another. At events, I stared at the bar. I wasn’t listening. I wasn’t enjoying. I was antsy, planning and vying.   

On the way home from work, I became a robot. It felt like the intruder took over my legs and walked me to the bar. I wanted desperately to go home, but it didn’t feel like I was in charge. I hated this.  

Once, on a sobriety attempt, I remember driving home wanting that sobriety so badly. I convinced myself that all I had to do was go home for 20 minutes. If I still wanted to go out and drink, then I could. But “let’s just give it 20 minutes at home.” This worked. After the 20 passed, the mind-exploding craving was gone. But as always, I was left wondering: Would it always be like this? What’s the point in even trying if I’ll always have to fight my mind?

I was scared. 

Boy do I have some fucking good news for pre-sober me. 

I have my mind back. All of that terror, the overwhelming compulsion, the feeling that I've lost my mind to some other dark force is gone.

Let’s pledge to hang for another 24 hours in sobriety. If you’d like to share, I invite this prompt: 

• What part of your mind do you most want back from alcohol?
• Or what's the best thing about having your mind back?

Hugs xoxo and … IWNDWYT!

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.

This post goes up at:

• US - Night/Early Morning
• Europe - Morning
• Asia and Australia - Evening/Night

A link to the current Daily Check-In post can always be found near the top of the sidebar.

Bonjour SD!

Gang, i’ll be honest with you. I woke up at the time I was supposed to leave for school so I have been driving on the fly for the past half hour. I’ve made it to school in time, fortunately so I won’t be branded a terrible teacher! But it means that I haven’t had any time to prepare for today’s check-in.

Oh well, I guess it reinforces the little phrase that I like to try and live by since getting sober, progress not perfection!

Normal services will be resumed tomorrow ! But for now, I will not drink poison with any of you today!

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.

This post goes up at:

• US - Night/Early Morning
• Europe - Morning
• Asia and Australia - Evening/Night

A link to the current Daily Check-In post can always be found near the top of the sidebar.

Bonjour SD!

I would like to take a moment today to do one of the easiest forms of self-care there is. Using positive affirmations.

So many of us used alcohol to falsely boost our self-esteem and give us the illusion of the confidence that we lack inside. It can be horribly difficult to be good carers for ourselves when no-one has shown us how to do that. When our only role models were very poor examples of how to handle strong emotions. It’s really hard to believe anything nice about ourselves if we were raised in violent or abusive situations that gave us the impression we were worth nothing. If we suffer from depression and anxiety; if we have trouble creating social connections; if we struggle to cope with ongoing illness or daily pain.

Due to the amazing neuroplasticity of our brains, the simple act of repetition can reprogram the way we feel about ourselves. So, no! It doesn’t matter if you don’t really believe these lovely, positive things about yourself when you begin doing this. When we keep repeating positive statements about ourselves or our goals, it rewires our thought patterns and replaces the negative self-talk with uplifting beliefs. We can say them out loud, write them as reminders on our phones, incorporate them into 5 minute meditations - whatever you find most practical. So, let’s start with saying them aloud. Here we go:

**I am enough

I deserve to be sober

I am doing the best I can in this moment

I am worthy of love and happiness

I am on my way to becoming the best version of myself possible

I matter

I am not perfect but I am improving every day

I can handle whatever comes my way

I choose joy

I choose a clear mind

I am a kind person with a lot to offer

I will not drink poison today** ❣️

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.

This post goes up at:

• US - Night/Early Morning
• Europe - Morning
• Asia and Australia - Evening/Night

A link to the current Daily Check-In post can always be found near the top of the sidebar.

Bonjour SD, and welcome to Tuesday!

Yesterday you all shared your tips and tricks for successfully staying sober through the festive period - what a brilliant bunch of suggestions! Thanks so much for those.

Last night I was thinking about what my sobriety is and what that looks like in my life. What are you on about Cinq? What a funny thing to say! Sobriety is staying sober, not consuming any alcohol!

Well, yes, it’s true that when I first started this journey, I thought stopping drinking alcohol was the magic key that would unlock the door to a fantastic life. If I could just get this one thing under control, the rest would all fall into place.

But the longer I’ve stuck with it, the more I’ve come to understand that sobriety has to be so much more than just cutting out alcohol if I am to truly benefit from it at all. Sobriety has become all the little steps of progress hard-fought for since my initial attempts to stop. It is owning up to the hurt I carry and my huge reluctance to face up to that. It is the self-care I often forget to stick to when life gets busy. It is trying to find the balance between needing space and not feeling lonely. It is addressing my lack of self-control when it comes to filling the void all substance abuse users are attempting to cover up.

What does your sobriety look like, what do you imagine for yourself? What form will that take today?

I will not drink with you today, no poison for me ❣️

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.

This post goes up at:

• US - Night/Early Morning
• Europe - Morning
• Asia and Australia - Evening/Night

A link to the current Daily Check-In post can always be found near the top of the sidebar.

Merry Wednesday and happy Christmas, friends. It's a great day to celebrate showing up here today.

The best gift that I could possibly give myself this year was waking up a second Christmas in a row sober and without a hangover. What a blessing.

I hope you all have the most magical day. May you find peace, may you feel safe, and may you be loved.

IWNDWYT.

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.

This post goes up at:

• US - Night/Early Morning
• Europe - Morning
• Asia and Australia - Evening/Night

A link to the current Daily Check-In post can always be found near the top of the sidebar.

Dear fellow sobernauts,

Thank you for your comments yesterday! I am absolutely overwhelmed by the amount. I had a long and busy day yesterday, so I could answer to only a few. But I still read through most of them.

Today I would like to hear your opinions on a sensitive topic every recovering addict sooner or later must deal with:

COMING OUT / GOING PUBLIC WITH YOUR ADDICTION

Right after my inpatient rehab, I wanted to tell the whole world about my addiction to close every loophole for me. In reality, it´s not that simple, as a lot of social events involve drinking and not everybody in the world is as considerate as a sober group. And our relationship with alcohol is not anyone else´s business.

The question of why I am not drinking occurred in relation to my new job already a couple of times. Luckily I always have to drive, so the questions weren´t too persistent.

Different occasions will come ,for example on business trips etc. I plan on saying, that I don’t drink in general then. Why not? I just don’t. If somebody keeps pushing I´ll just say that my dad died of cirrhosis (which is true, but unfortunately not the reason I stopped drinking), and hope that makes the situation uncomfortable enough for that person to drop the subject.

What do you tell / plan on telling colleagues / acquaintances why you don’t drink? Have you gone fully public with your addiction?

I know it´s insane, that one seems to need an excuse for not drinking poison in this society….

Anyhow,

I WILL NOT DRINK WITH YOU TODAY!

C U tomorrow

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.

This post goes up at:

• US - Night/Early Morning
• Europe - Morning
• Asia and Australia - Evening/Night

A link to the current Daily Check-In post can always be found near the top of the sidebar.

Good morning teetotalers,

Thank you for your comments yesterday! I wish I could answer to more of them, but I tried to read through most.

Today I would like to raise a related topic:

HELP OTHERS

In my opinion to pass on the help I received, is the best way to sustain sobriety.

I introduce my sober group to the patients in the detox ward in our local hospital ever 6 weeks. Sometimes I just share my story and everybody is silent and I am out of there in 30 mins, and sometimes people decide to share theirs and an interesting discussion unfolds and lasts for 2 hours. Either way, If there is only one person to find their way to sobriety, it was well worth it. For another quite selfish reason it is always well worth it, to go there: It reminds me, that all it takes is one drink to be in this hospital again. So, I help myself through helping others. That is why…

I WILL NOT DRINK WITH YOU TODAY!

Are you involved in helping other addicts apart from /sd? Do you receive help from other addicts?

I am curious for your stories!

As I said yesterday, I might not be able to answer to comments during the day (German time) due to my new job, but I´ll try to answer to some in the evening.

C U tomorrow!

Tortey

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.

This post goes up at:

• US - Night/Early Morning
• Europe - Morning
• Asia and Australia - Evening/Night

A link to the current Daily Check-In post can always be found near the top of the sidebar.

Dear fellow sobernauts, its me again, Tortey, I´m an alcoholic, and I am super excited to be your host for the second time, this week. Thank you for hosting last week u/pushofffromhere. I was a heavy drinker for 20+ years and I wanted to quit since the beginning of 2020. I relapsed more times than I can count. What really stuck and helps me to hold together my sobriety, is that addiction wise only TODAY, only NOW counts. That’s what I would like to commit to with you:

I WILL NOT DRINK WITH YOU TODAY!

I just started a new job after 1.5 years of sick leave and I must admit it is challenging at times. That is why, I would like to hear your opinions on an important topic for our sobriety:

RESILIENCE

In my drinking days I didn’t have any. Every good, bad or unexpected situation led me to the only solution I knew: Drink! Not only it was killing me slowly, but also it made me more anxious and less resilient to the stress of everyday life. Now, I try to develop other skills and strategies, to deal with the daily struggle. Mine are:

• Go outside at least once a day, even in winter
• Follow my workout routine
• Rest if I´m tired
• Express my feelings
• Stand up for myself
• Don’t postpone chores, do it now.

What are your strategies to build up your resilience? I´m looking forward to hearing your views!

Just a heads up for the upcoming week: I might not be able to answer to comments during the day (German time) due to my new job, but I try to answer to some in the evening.

C U tomorrow!

Tortey

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.

This post goes up at:

• US - Night/Early Morning
• Europe - Morning
• Asia and Australia - Evening/Night

A link to the current Daily Check-In post can always be found near the top of the sidebar.

Hi sober folks,

Thank you for sharing your sober weekend pleasures! I had a long and busy work week, therefore I unfortunately answered to hardly any comments yesterday. I tried in the evening, but then I had internet issues on my laptop, and I couldn’t be bothered to investigate…. Ah well, sometimes you just have to give up and call it a day… And that’s what I did last night. Today is a brand-new sober day and I slept in, got up hangover free and all is well!

I WILL NOT DRINK WITH YOU TODAY!

Today I would like to ask for your opinions again:

What topics would you like / are you missing on here? What would you like to read on the daily chicken (yes, your post was noted and I find it funny as hell :-D)?

This could be an inspiration for future hosts as well as for me hosting in the future again, which I´ll definitely do.

Anyhow, it was a pleasure and an honor hosting, and I am looking forward to being the host for the nicest group of strangers on the internet, again!

Tortey´s out!

See you around & IWNDWYT!

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.

This post goes up at:

• US - Night/Early Morning
• Europe - Morning
• Asia and Australia - Evening/Night

A link to the current Daily Check-In post can always be found near the top of the sidebar.

Good day, sweet friends! And Merry Christmas Eve for those who celebrate!

Today I just want to say thank you to you all for being here and showing up for one another in the most amazing ways. The daily check-in has been such an instrumental part of my journey. The very first thing that I do every morning (well, maybe the second thing – after coffee), is that I come to this Daily Check-In and pledge my accountability to myself, and to you, for that day. By making the pledge to this community, I inherently fulfill my daily commitment to be fully accountable for my responsibilities - because as long as I don’t drink, lack of accountability is a non-issue.

To keep myself connected here, one way that I started forging relationships was to make sure that I checked in with others. Those that have been here foreeevvver, those here for the first day, and everyone in between. One cool way to chat with some new people is to go to the comment filter thingy and sort by 'New.' Then scroll the thread to meet new peeps that you might not typically see when it's sorted by 'Best.' As Mr. Rodgers mother told him when he was a boy, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping."

Connection and community are so utterly important to maintaining recovery. I've been on the struggle bus the last couple of days with my mental health, and you have helped me more than you'll ever know with your sharing and loving engagement. You are incredible and I love you.

I am so fucking grateful to be sober with you today.

IWNDWYT

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.

This post goes up at:

• US - Night/Early Morning
• Europe - Morning
• Asia and Australia - Evening/Night

A link to the current Daily Check-In post can always be found near the top of the sidebar.

Lovebugs: I'm a little worried you won't relate as much to this one, but I think it's important. Let's talk about fucking up. Not the drinking kind. I'm talking about the glorious art of sober mistakes. I'm saying this because I regularly need to remind myself to relax: it's okay to make mistakes.

The great thing about having been drunk or hungover in so many scenarios (just from the lite section of my memory bank: hungover media interviews, drunk networking, texting "thei laiwnf lwit" to crushes) -- the great thing about those mistakes is that they weren't me. Some of my drunk mistakes are just awful - and I lived through those too.

One of the many reasons I drank was to release what felt like a pressure valve. But why did I give "drunk me" permission to do whatever it wanted, to let go and not care, when it was terrible at knowing what I really liked or valued? If I lived through those mistakes, certainly I can afford to relax and make some now that I'm sober.

Sober me deserves the chance to surrender to my creativity, to not worry so much about "what if" and instead say "hey, what if we tried…". Sober me wants that release valve - and guess what? Sober me is wise, and good, and can be trusted with more wild abandon. So more and more, I'm letting her have it. I'm taking leaps with creative projects, my career, and my relationships. Even what I allow myself to say. Hell, I'm even nervous about whether or not this particular post will resonate but I feel like someone else may need to hear it.

So today, let's make our 24-hour pledge together.

And if you relate at all to this, maybe give ourselves permission to be more human too. What's your relationship with mistakes? Has it changed or is it changing in sobriety?

Maybe some more beautiful mistakes will help keep us from reaching for that drink. And hey - we might build even more of the life we love along the way.

IWNDWYT!

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.

This post goes up at:

• US - Night/Early Morning
• Europe - Morning
• Asia and Australia - Evening/Night

A link to the current Daily Check-In post can always be found near the top of the sidebar.

Good morning sober heroes!

Thank you for all the comments on resilience, yesterday. I wish I could have answered to all of them, but there were just too many. Today I would like to celebrate my 500 days of sobriety with you! To the day oners: Keep going! Its hard, but well worth it! It´s funny, that u/pushofffromhere also came here to celebrate the big 500, last week. Congrats, friend.

Looking back, I am so much better off today, especially mentally, than I was 500 days ago. Sometimes, this sub was the only straw to cling onto, so I would like to thank you sdlers to be the best place in the www.

But there is still a long way to go. That is why I would like to discuss this topic with you:

BUILDING A SOBER LIFE

I had to change my life radically to become and stay sober. In active addiction I had built all my activities around drinking. Now it’s the opposite. To build a sober life I took and still take following measures:

• I am involved in sober groups IRL
• I play sports
• I always have an exit plan at social events
• I surround myself with sober people
• I help others to get / stay sober
• I listen to my guts and try to avoid fishy people /situations

What are your tips on building and maintaining a sober and meaningful life?

I WILL NOT DRINK WITH YOU TODAY!

As I said yesterday, I might not be able to answer to comments during the day (German time) due to my new job, but I try to answer to some in the evening.

C U tomorrow!

Tortey

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.

This post goes up at:

• US - Night/Early Morning
• Europe - Morning
• Asia and Australia - Evening/Night

A link to the current Daily Check-In post can always be found near the top of the sidebar.

Good night-morning to all. I was supposed to be posting from a tent, camping with a toddler on their first camp ever, but I came down with stupid covid yesterday and feel fast asleep at 9pm and just woke up in a daze at 3am. It’s as good a time as any to do this so let’s fucking go!!!

Hello hello, I’m Emotional Finish, or EF, your host this week, your host with the dumbest, worst fucking name… But that dumb, randomly assigned name is actually my red badge of courage bc I created this account while super drunk. Sooooooo drunk I don’t remember doing it and truly have no idea what I said or did from this account 🫣🫠😵

But I stumbled across this hidden, embarrassing account and then immediately StopDrinking randomly showed up in my feed. It was a sign. It was meant to be!! 🛑 In the end this awful account that is literal proof of my drinking problem is the account from which I’ve poured my heart out. The account from which I’ve had my cup refilled a million times by folks here, generosity I have tried to repay a billion more. (Sorry if I upvote or respond too much!! I have ADHD and once I start commenting I have trouble stopping).

I can’t leave this stupid, drunken mistake of an account bc it saved me. I’m 250+ days in to this not drinking thing that was not even on my mind or list of things to do in 2024, it’s so crazy. If something helped shepherd you into this beautiful community — a friend, a drunken Reddit spree — please share! What are you thankful for or indebted to because it helped you make a change?

I am excited to read and to get to know you all more this week. Hugs and cheers to all, let’s do this fucking thing aka Sunday!!!!

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.

This post goes up at:

US - Night/Early Morning

Europe - Morning

Asia and Australia - Evening/Night

A link to the current Daily Check-In post can always be found near the top of the sidebar.

Kia ora

This is my 3 time hosting the daily check in and each time I do this I feel a deep connection to my tribe. Reading your posts of hope. Your willingness to reach out and help someone struggling always fills me with love and pride to be part of this community

If you have over 30 days of sobriety please reach out to u/sainthomer to arrange to host. Its a beautifully rewarding experience and you will add to the rich history of this daily check in while filling your cup with resolve

Shine on you beautiful humans

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.

This post goes up at:

• US - Night/Early Morning
• Europe - Morning
• Asia and Australia - Evening/Night

A link to the current Daily Check-In post can always be found near the top of the sidebar.

Merry Monday!

Welcome to a new day, and welcome to friends old and new. Thank you for all of your amazing comments yesterday. It was so fucking awesome to chat with everyone. I'll say it until the end of time - this is the greatest place on all of the internet!

As we approach the end of 2024, I've spent a lot of time reflecting on the past year. It has been a time of significant changes in my life. I've made some poor choices and some excellent ones. I've felt a wide range of emotions, some of which sucked ass, and experiences that were entirely new to me. I've shown strength and courage, as well as moments of weakness and timidity. It's certainly been a whirlwind.

Through it all, I've gained valuable insights into myself, particularly regarding how my thoughts influence my actions. Here are some lessons I've learned that I keep in mind each day, as they help me to stay the course on this journey of sobriety:

• Embrace imperfection
• Forcing things rarely works
• Life's ups and downs are natural
• Be generous while maintaining boundaries
• Love extends beyond relationships
• Healing often requires letting go repeatedly
• Emotional maturity makes a significant difference
• Avoiding my feelings doesn’t bring relief
• While beauty is abundant, true connection is unique

Do you take the time for a yearly reflection? If so, any tips for us from what you've learned?

Thank you for being you. IWNDWYT!

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.

This post goes up at:

- US - Night/Early Morning

- Europe - Morning

- Asia and Australia - Evening/Night

A link to the current Daily Check-In post can always be found near the top of the sidebar.

Kia ora

Its Friday!! The start of the weekend for most, and luckily for me after 30 years of shift work it is now my start.

Fridays in the beginning are a bit scary. After all, this was when you would usually let the beast out of its cage to destroy your weekend. No more having to worry about work the next morning. Blackout time here I come.

Now I look forward to Friday for much better reasons. A time to recharge and reflect. To spend more time with my loved ones. To go for longer walks with my dog

Happy Friday everyone and shine on you beautiful humans

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.

This post goes up at:

• US - Night/Early Morning
• Europe - Morning
• Asia and Australia - Evening/Night

A link to the current Daily Check-In post can always be found near the top of the sidebar.

SOBRIETY IS A MONEY MAKER

Yes, drinking cost me my reputation and my self-esteem, but it also cost me 💰

It wasn’t ‘just’ the thousands of bottles of alcohol,it was the grandiosity “It’s on me!!”. It was the taxis, the car repairs, the repairs to the other cars I dinged, like the time I was with a bunch of co-workers -I’m in the back- and I figure I’ll impress the guy driving, by flinging open the back door and jumping out. HILARIOUS, until the door smashes into the side of another car, ricochettes back and almost takes my leg off. So that was expensive. There was the dry cleaning (the spills, the stink, the god knows what), the extra food to keep the booze down, the divorce, the court ordered child support (smashed that glass ceiling!), the loss of my company, fancy gifts to make good and kiss up, traffic tickets, parking tickets, late fees!!

THE GOOD NEWS IS — QUITTING DRINKING IS LIKE GETTING A PART-TIME JOB! I don’t have to do anything- and I’m already making money. I barely went out at first because I was afraid I’d drink. Saved some money there! Did a lot of crossword puzzles, ate at home. Went to tons of free AA meetings. Got content.

MY POINT IS THIS…I love a good reward and the quitting drinking money has paid for travel and gifts and merchandise. Quitting drinking is like slowly winning a game show…but a game show that also pays out in prizes like love. ❤️IWNDWYT

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.

This post goes up at:

• US - Night/Early Morning

• Europe - Morning

• Asia and Australia - Evening/Night

A link to the current Daily Check-In post can always be found near the top of the sidebar.

So sorry about the late posting today. I overslept!

IWNDWYT 😻

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.

This post goes up at:

- US - Night/Early Morning

- Europe - Morning

- Asia and Australia - Evening/Night

A link to the current Daily Check-In post can always be found near the top of the sidebar.

Kia ora

Thank you for all the beautiful messages yesterday! What a treat reading through those.

One of the nice surprises with sobriety is all the extra time you have not sneaking about drinking in the shadows. One thing I learnt with all this time is the Japanese concept of Wabi- sabi .  This means that instead of perfection, one should find the beauty in imperfection.

This resonated with me as I had to learn to forgive myself for becoming the addict I was. To forgive myself for all the lies, the sneaking about, the broken promises.

Some things can’t be perfect and that is okay. There is beauty in imperfection! I learnt to love myself the way I am. This applies to those around me as well. I’ve stopped being stubborn and trying to change them. I will ruin their beauty.

Shine on you beautifully flawed humans

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.

This post goes up at:

• US - Night/Early Morning
• Europe - Morning
• Asia and Australia - Evening/Night

A link to the current Daily Check-In post can always be found near the top of the sidebar.

Good morning / good day, all! This is my second time writing this out bc I fucking deleted the first. So forgive me for being late and also for writing quickly. BUT today we are going to open space for what someone called the whys of drinking.

Why did I drink? Totally bc I loved the taste, right? Except no, I definitely thought it was gross in the beginning. Because I love being with my friends? Nah, cause I’m still doing that now sans drink. Hmm.. digging deeper, it’s because I wanted to signal I was normal, and cool. But really, it’s cause I wanted to forget everything inside my brain. But really really? It’s a fucking disease that I inherited from both sides of my family. Kind of an inevitable fight.

Anyway, sometimes digging and unpacking helps. So, feel free to share your whys of drinking. Or not! That’s ok. As long as you drop a IWNDWYT, we’re cool. Now go forth and kick ass today!!!

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.

This post goes up at:

• US - Night/Early Morning
• Europe - Morning
• Asia and Australia - Evening/Night

A link to the current Daily Check-In post can always be found near the top of the sidebar.

JUST BE YOURSELF, they said!!

I’ve been drinking since I was 13, I had no idea who my natural sober self would be. I might become invisible. I hoped I wasn’t a serial killer.

There was no one to admire in my family, or in the groups I hung out with. I read every self-help book I could get my hands on (prehistoric pre-internet!!! Can you even imagine?!!)

The books said, make a list of ‘Qualities that I Admire’ and tape it to the bathroom mirror. My therapist said I should look for people who have these qualities and glom on to them. (I said ‘glom’, she said ‘emulate’)

I wanted to have a clear conscience (quitting drinking helped with that one right out of the gate). On my list, I wrote qualities like honest, funny, nice, enthusiastic …and I started to hang out with people I could admire. I started to notice the good in strangers. Copy and paste to me.

What qualities do you admire? To what, do you aspire? ❤️ IWNDWYT