The Daily Checkin for Wednesday February 21st, Just for Today, We are NOT Drinking!
Happy Hump Day all!
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 c/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!
My day was decent. Bit frustrating with a problem or two at work, nothing concerning, though.
Important work being done at home, though. Work I couldn't do, literally could not do while I was still drinking. Relationship growth: and it's an absolutely beautiful thing, even if it has a slight tinge of fear built in it.. It's good to be able to work on things under the surface with a clear and concise mind, well two clear and concise minds and that makes it even better.
Bruh the fact that you're using this time to grow your relationship rn is beyond awesome! I fucking love your attitude on all this, and the relatibility of your posts! And yeah, it's kinda difficult to do that sort of work when we're all brain fogged/high strung ourselves. I myself have noticed a significant shift in the way I view my husband since I've started this journey of trying to cut out alcohol. He's always been my best friend and I've always loved him, but I was also irritable * a lot* of the times and just racked with anxiety constantly.
Now I just feel insane amounts of gratitude and peace when I'm with him (most of the time 😂). He's kind of doing this journey with me, but not really.
I completely feel you on the fear. Obviously I have zero idea how your relationship is going (I hope its awesome af!), but since I've known my husband we've been drinkers. Alcohol has never not been a part of our relationship.
It was an awesome night to not drink with you, and today is an awesome day to wake up clear-headed!
You got this my dude! You're doing great so far! For me, it's the week mark that I mentally have to pull myself over, and then weirdly enough, in between the 2 week and 3 week mark. Days 8-14 are typically a breeze.
Don't focus on tomorrow or the weekend or upcoming months or anything. Just today! Just one more sober 24 hour period is one more day of rest for your liver! Let him sleep just a little longer!
You got this! For this Wednesday, I certainly won't be drinking with you!
I went and got some breakfast and ran into a member of an old AA group I'm gonna return to next week (I'm not a fan but gotta try something). So that was useful.
I'm pretty sure I happened across this StopDrinking Lemmy thread here on my day 5! I'm just polishing off my day 15. Good to hear you found some random help in the world. Keep after it. It's definitely been worth it to me so far.
You got this my dude! You're doing great so far! For me, it's the week mark that I mentally have to pull myself over, and then weirdly enough, in between the 2 week and 3 week mark. Days 8-14 are typically a breeze.
Don't focus on tomorrow or the weekend or upcoming months or anything. Just today! Just one more sober 24 hour period is one more day of rest for your liver! Let him sleep just a little longer!
You got this! For this Wednesday, I certainly won't be drinking with you!