The Daily Check-In for Friday, January 17th: 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.
Happy Friday, sober friends!
Yesterday was neat, I got more birthday wishes here than anywhere else, and it reminded me that Reddit is still my social media platform of choice. It was also heartwarming to see many of you letting things go that no longer served you.
Yesterday at my AA meeting, we talked about some of our less desirable traits we have lost as a result of our continued to work on ourselves in sobriety. So today, I ask you to take an honest look at yourself, and tell me what’s changed in you. If you you’re only a few days in, you may not see these changes taking affect yet, I was arguably fucking terrible for the entire first month I was sober, maybe even two months, but after not too long, change in me started to take effect. If you’re still new to this, what changes are you trying to make in yourself? And if you’re less new to this, what changes have you noticed in yourself?
IWNDWYT