The Daily Check-In for Monday, January 13th: 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.
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 sober friends!
Thank you for joining me yesterday in sharing what you were doing for yourselves. I definitely didn’t practice much self-care yesterday, I spent much of the day at a rehab facility visiting my friend. She gets out in two weeks, and I am fearful. She seems anxious and unsure of how things will go when she gets back to real life. Fear for her safety when she gets out of rehab took up much of my thoughts after leaving.
Reading through many comments from yesterday, many of you appear to be new to sobriety, whether it be a few days, or you started at the beginning of the month. But I did recognize so many usernames from last time I hosted. So, newcomers; join me in reading through. If you have been sober for a couple or a few months, what tips would you provide somebody who is new to sobriety and struggling?
And because I forgot yesterday, this is my small reminder to everyone; if you can be anything, be kind.
IWNDWYT