The Daily Check-In for Saturday, January 4th: 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, let's 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. I’m still on the mend, things got gross again yesterday afternoon. Sigh. At least I had two good days in 2025 so far. THank you all for the well wishes, it really did my feeling-sorry-for-myself self good.
Today I want to talk about my favorite thing about being alcohol-free: the pause.
The pause is the result of my developing emotional wherewithal with sobriety. While I was still on the sauce, I was emotionally reactive and also a bit melodramatic. Things that happened were terrible, horrible, unendurable. I got mad, sad, scared, worried and frustrated easily and quickly. Led to drama aplenty.
Now, I can take a pause before I react (well, mostly. Some days, not so much). I can think through things before I fly off the handle. There is an action, but I can give myself space before my reaction, if that makes sense. I have perspective and I am the master of my emotions, or at least I have semi-control of them. It’s made my life much more peaceful. I am extremely grateful for this benefit of abstinence.
What are some of your favorite things about not drinking?
I’ve really enjoyed hosting all of you wonderful people this week. Thank you for being such kind, supportive and funny as hell people; I appreciate all of you.
If you would like to host the DCI (which I highly recommend), get ahold of u/SaintHomer, our host with the most. He will set you up.
I wish each and every one of you good things in 2025. I’ll see you in the comments tomorrow. For today, IWNDWYT