The Daily Check-In for Tuesday, January 14th: 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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- 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 sober friends!
Let’s be grateful today. Be grateful you’re sober. Be grateful you have a roof over your head. Be grateful you have access to the Internet to interact with fellow people struggling in their addiction. Be grateful for the friends you have.
What gifts of sobriety have you gained?
For me, it’s the clear headedness, it’s the ability to think about actions, and who I want to be as a person going forward. Also, it was learning that my depression disorder basically doesn’t exist anymore. After a years of on again off again medications, all it took was not drinking. I am no longer depressed as fuck for no reason all the time.
Other than that, in ryn news, yesterday was my seven month sobriety anniversary, and I totally spaced until my therapist pointed it out to me. So to celebrate, I called my dad and read my amends to him, thus completing the ninth step of Alcoholics Anonymous; become willing to make amends to all those we have harmed. Everybody who’s wanted to hear me out has heard me out, and I am able to move on. Now, I just have to live the last three steps for the rest of my life. But if there was a “done” part of Alcoholics Anonymous, this would be it. My sponsor congratulated me, my girlfriend congratulated me, and basically nobody else knows or cares except for you guys. So I guess I am also grateful for you guys! I totally forgot how awesome it is having my inbox go off 1000 times a day filled with people collecting for the common goal of fighting our addictions. It’s like an all week reminder that this shit is worth it.
IWNDWYT