Good morning, fellow sobernauts, IWNDWYT đ!
We may be anonymous strangers on the internet, but we have one thing in common. We may be a world apart, but weâre here together!
Welcome to the 24 hour pledge! Iâm pledging myself to not drinking today, and invite you to do the same.
Maybe youâre new to c/stop drinking and have a hard time deciding what to do next. Maybe youâre like me and feel you need a daily commitment or maybe youâve been sober for a long time and want to inspire others.
It doesnât matter if youâre 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, letâs not drink alcohol!
12 Comments
MrZee@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 1y
I lost track of when I had quit drinking a year or two ago. I was pretty sure it was during the first quarter but couldnât remember if I quit in 2021 or 2022. Iâd tried searching through old messages and stuff but didnât have any luck.
I just figured out that bank statements would tell me. Looking back, my last liquor store purchase was late March 2021⌠so I just hit 4 years sober a week or two ago.
I havenât felt a desire to drink in a long time and itâs really really nice. I went through the worst 6 months of my life last year and worried at the start of it that I would find myself âneedingâ to drink. But somehow, I never even felt tempted. It kinda blows my mind. 1,465 days without alcohol. Thatâs a lot of days.
Thereâs no way in hell Iâm drinking today. No question.
Zerlyna@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
That's wonderful! Thank you for sharing. :)
DrCatface@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
that's such good news brother, congrats I wanna be like u when I grow up
MrZee@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
Thanks! You can do it!
I donât know how many times I had quit drinking before it stuck. Never quit quitting.
ickplant@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Thatâs a wonderful story! Thank you for being here.
DrCatface@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
MrZee@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
44 days, I take it?
The first few days and weeks were the hardest, of course, but around two months in it would also get a lot easier for me. Thatâs when it stopped becoming such a frequent thought and Iâd even have days where drinking wouldnât come to mind. Stay strong. Keep it up!
DrCatface@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
aye, I've had a couple thousand day ones, no more of that. Ive been working the steps of AA flat chat for weeks, immense difference in my mental health, obsession of the mind and spiritual malady straightened out, it's only early days but I feel almost cured
MrZee@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y
Whatâs âflat chatâ? I donât/havenât ever done AA. I know a lot of bits and pieces - my mom kicked the habit through AA 25ish years ago.
I had close to two years once in the past. And a year or so another time. Complacency and âforgettingâ what it was like are the insidious things that led to me relapsing. âI can drink responsiblyâ was such an easy lie I told myself because things were feeling easy. Thankfully Iâve learned that lesson and plan to not forget it.
DrCatface@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
fast as possible, yes we have to remember our last drink/drunk, it's impossible for me to forget mine cause I crashed another car, lucky not to involve anyone else, court in a few days. yeah I had alcoholic amnesia, couldn't remember how awful the withdrawals are or what being drunk actually feels like. it's the drug I've abused the most and I don't remember what it feels like. I remember how every other drug feels. but some things I've come to learn is that no it's not a disease in the conventional sense, but it is progressive, it will kill me and it talks to me and tells me I'm not an alcoholic. cancer does not talk to you. AAs not for everyone but I literally could not stop myself from drinking, pure insanity not wanting to drink, you put me on a lie detector I'd say I'm never drinking again and it wouldn't go off, but I'd be drunk that afternoon.
Zerlyna@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
I will not drink with you today
ickplant@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
I will not drink with you today!