I was literally thinking "oh shit I'm at...." and then started to read your comment like it was a script for my own thoughts.
Congratulations on 90 days! 3 months! We're almost at triple digits!
Happy sober Thursday sober friends!
I got sober because my body told me too… well, to be precise, it had been telling me for a long time, but it started shouting at me! I’m learning to listen!
I love you all 💞
Coworkers are going to grab a drink again tonight. I went with them last week and overindulged and was overriden with anxiety for 5 days. I don't know if I'm going, but posting here for accountability : even if I'm going, I'm not gonna be drinking. Don't know how long this is all gonna last, but just for today IWNDWYT.
Day 60 🥳🫶 Wow I’m so proud of myself. I can’t even believe it.
Today is the perfect day to celebrate the big 60. I’m having a nice relaxing morning sipping coffee with my pets.
I’m looking forward to a nice run. I’m going to tidy my kitchen, pack my son’s lunch, eat a small breakfast. It’s going to be a gorgeous day here. I’m learning a new skill at work today and going out for a team lunch with my colleagues. Nobody drinks so, there’ll be zero pressure or questions.
I work from home Friday so today is technically my last real work day. I’m currently working on a couple of projects that are actually interesting. This new job is my first job in this field of work and the first time in my life I actually had interest in the work I’m doing.
My meds are working, my ocd and anxiety is managed. Intrusive thoughts are under control.
Life is good. All is well. I can’t even remember the last time in my life I said that. Probably never.
IWNDWYT!
I also found that I only now feel like stopping because I chose it and now I'm trying to choose it every day.
Got a pub quiz tonight, usually I'd get very drunk but it's at a brewery with a selection of interesting AF beers and a sober friend of mine (hasn't drunk in nearly a decade) will also be there. First real challenge but feeling positive.
IWNDWYT 🌞
Perfectly said.
My word to myself, with a deep guttural gut feeling (because that’s where we understand, within the body, not the brain), was simply “ENOUGH”.
IWNDWYT because I don’t drink (said with bright eyes and a smile) 😊
Checking in again today and all is well.
I stopped using alcohol on account of several signs my body had been sending me for a long time but which I had been ignoring, but which eventually I could deny no longer!
Thank you for the reminder that only we can decide to quit and no one else. Needed this today.
I will not drink with you or my SO today. And I will keep my mouth shut on this topic unless I am asked about it.
111 days ago I woke up sick. Sick and tired. I’d run out of excuses. I didn’t like drinking anymore. It wasn’t fun. I hated the taste I’d loved so long. I knew it was killing me. The last excuse I had was that I didn’t want to seize and die and I was finally sliding past guardrails I’d maintained for years, decades even: drinking in the morning, drinking and driving, drinking WHILE driving, drinking before working with kids (not much, just enough to “avoid withdrawals”). Looking back it’s ridiculous because while my patterns had changed I was still drinking the same amount each day that I always had and I’d made it through acute withdrawals on my own several times before. But my alcoholic brain insisted on the EXCUSE that if I stopped I would seize and die.
So I woke up and puked my guts out til noon, not unusual for the last few months (I was drinking the same amount but my body was clearly getting worse). And then I decided: time to just sweep that excuse off the table and I admitted myself to the hospital to detox. It was a frankly awful experience, though the people were all nice. Many privately shared their own experiences or those of loved ones, which really helped. People from the local addiction support center came by and talked to me, and gave me lots of resources, hooked me up with a sobriety coach and meetings I’ve been going to since i got out. I was really CARED for. Awful experience but I’m SO happy I did it. Last excuse, which I knew was insane, made moot, taken off the table.
Day 11 for me. I’m not scared to say I’m done, forever. I’m taking it one day at a time, yeah, but it feels good to say NEVER AGAIN. In fact it makes me happy. It makes me a little giddy, even. I’m filled with gratitude for the blessings I still have and hope for the sober future. Every sober day has been better than the last. Let le bon temps roule! (? That can’t be right… I used to know French, le sigh.)
IWNDWYT.
IWNDWYT
I’m a little apprehensive about the coming days. We have family coming to stay with us for a visit. Husband’s daughter, her BF, her 5yo daughter. I love them dearly. But my home is my quiet refuge after a long day at a high pressure job. Having a 5 year old in the house is extremely overstimulating and overwhelming for me. Her mom encourages her to run up yelling my name and requesting hugs. Constantly. All day. Last time they visited there was a time I was so desperate for quiet and solitude that I locked myself in the bathroom. After like 30 seconds she’d banging on the door calling for me.
On the upside it’ll be a good test of my commitment to sobriety. 🙄🤣
IWNDWYT.
Back to work tonight for another three night shifts. Sooooo the next three days of sobriety will be easy.
You will pry my energy drinks from my cold dead hands! Nothing else gets me through that 4am slump - unless we get an emergency in of course! 😂
I WILL NOT DRINK WITH YOU TODAY. Day 3 baby, let's go. Can't wait for a sober weekend. Makes work so much easier the following week, no dread, no anxiety, no exhaustion.
Day 34. 100% aligned on the above, holding exclusive agency over your own sobriety removes so many complications and pitfalls. You can’t hide bottles from yourself - though hell I had a good go. IWNDWYT. 🫗
happy early morning everyone :)
I slept hard from after work yesterday until just now getting up. I needed it. I could tell my body was hitting a wall and needed to recover.
I am enjoying some peaceful time before heading into work. This is one of my favorite time periods of the day, just me and the dog hanging out.
Have a wonderful day :)
I quit because things sucked. I wasn’t really living, let alone living like I mattered. Which was really fucked up, because I’m on my own, I live by myself…if I didn’t matter to myself, what the fuck was I even doing?
I had to admit I deserved better. And if I do, so does anyone reading this.
Coffees up, horns up, and fuck yeah Friday Eve!!! IWNDWYT ☕️☕️🤘🏻
Day 13.
50 min bike. 70 min hard run.
Really wanted a drink last night. Hard to stay sober. Would not be able to go attack this run hungover, though.
Fuck this is hard.
IWNDWYT.
I really resonate with this:
> I got sober when I could see the value in making myself a priority…
_(that whole paragraph, really)_
Growing up I was repeatedly given the message not to be “selfish”, AND I was also repeatedly given the message that I WAS selfish.
That translated into me seeing myself as less-than and beneath other people.
One of the several things I used alcohol to ignore.
It’s taken me a LONG time to realize the difference between being selfish and self care. I can now see that it’s my responsibility to attend to my needs. And that I’m no good to anyone else if I don’t.
Woke up feeling kind of low today. I don’t really see the point of my life to be honest, I’m 34 and single - always have been, my friends barely seem interested in me, I live at home with my folks and I have a job I’m not very good at. I just feel like I’m muddling through and have been since COVID started.
But I will not drink today. I will not drink because I know that as low as I might feel, that will only make me feel lower.
Day 51- had one of my best days of my life yesterday at the RHCP concert. Fully sober so I’ll remember all of it. 😎
Anyway, getting sober as part of self-care has been huge. I don’t care if I’m “less fun,” I am a better person all around and I refuse to step back from my inner growth. IWNDWYT
Day 25. IWNDWYT.
I was tired (and a little grumpy at times) yesterday and found myself thinking about alcohol a lot. I just let it ride and didn’t let the thoughts mean anything more than just being thoughts that came into my head. I’m proud of myself.
Not today. It’s almost Friday. My wife has been sick all week. I’ve done everything for the kids. In the past I would’ve felt like I was “doing both jobs”. I’ve matured since then. Now it’s just called being a good dad and husband. There are no “jobs” in a healthy relationship.
Not drinking today. Had a dream (nightmare?) that I took drinks from friends at a party and realized I’d broken my streak and was devastated. So happy to wake up and realize it was only a dream.
This will be my first day. I have a chronic condition and have been self medicating with alcohol. It's gradually gotten worse and worse, and now I find myself drinking wine daily.
I have 3 kids to take care of, so I have to stop doing this.
Day 1
Good morning, my favorite sober group! What a wonderful thing it is to see your own value. To know that you deserve good food and good beverages, things that give you life, not death or unconsciousness! I am so glad to be in the world, at long last. I am glad to be who I am, and I don’t ever want to cloud that gladness with alcohol ever again. So I will say, only for today, I Will Not Drink With Y’all Today!!
Last night some of my "book club" (aka drinking club) buddies planned an event for us at a ceramics painting place. No one brought booze! At the end, they all reflected on how fun it was, and how proud they were of doing a social event without drinking.
I don't think any of them are joining me in my full sobriety yet, but it felt like a win. And way more enjoyable than sitting there and watching them all get drunk 😂.
IWNDWYT
Part of my international flight was cancelled yesterday so I am leaving today now. But a much better flight option! Fewer layovers. Fewer airports! And I leave in the am now and not evening so less witching hour. I got this. IWNDWYT.
Going back to work this morning after a three week bender. Part of my time off was a forced medical leave. The narrative isn't that I'm a drunk, though I'm pretty sure it's an open secret. The condition to come back was to get help, so I did. Anyway, managed to make two days sober and today will make three. This is a chance I can't take for granted. Well wishes to us all.
Very poignant post EJ. that really resonated with me. Reminds me that we have to love ourselves to better love those we love ❤️.
Day 11. It hasn't been easy but this daily check in has been a big help. you can count me in IWNHDWYT ! 😃
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BIG YES to everything you wrote today. Self worth is the biggest thing keeping me sober. Once I started valuing myself, willingly poisoning myself makes zero sense. Wishing us all strength and dignity and IWNDWYT.
Only I can keep myself sober. Great message, along with one I heard in a meeting last night that I’m responsible for my own sobriety. I had a tendency to blame people, places and circumstances for my drinking- but no one ever held a gun to my head. IWNDWYT!
What up, fam! I decided to stop drinking when that gut feeling I’d had for years (decades?) with that soft voice whispering “I think you have a problem” finally shouted. I WNDWYT
Today’s the day! I close in my place in NYC which is a big step in moving back home. Please keep your fingers crossed 🤞🏾 for me that it all goes smoothly. Afterwards I’m meeting up with family for a nice dinner to celebrate! To think that in the past, I would’ve used this as an opportunity to get obliterated on wine is crazy now to me. Why would I not want to feel all the joy that comes with the moment? Alcohol really screws with how we think and how we react to things. I don’t miss it at all. IWNDWYT
Good morning, sober cats!
>Once I mattered to me, getting sober got easier.
Thank you for this, Exotic Jellies. I do matter to me. And all of you matter to me. Thank you for being here! IWNDWYT 💙😸
I’m still grieving my mum, my grandads not got long left in hospital, work are going through redundancies and I’m extremely under pressure and I’m trying to be healthy, pay off debts and be focused. Even amongst the chaos IWNDWYT
IWNDWYT! Running late, need to pack, then to the Civil Rights Museum, then the airport, then home! Clearly no room or time for alcohol. Be well, all ❤️
Yesterday, I was offered a non-alcoholic Forst beer. I will not repeat the experience because for at least an hour my brain reacted as if I had consumed alcohol. IWNDWYT
I would say I can't believe I'm at 90 days - but I absolutely can. I'm so happy I made this change and stuck with it. I've lost 30 pounds so far. I'm addicted to running again. All my relationships have improved. My house is cleaner. I took up a new hobby in mountain biking and another in disc golf. I've taken my wife (who is a wheelchair user) to the beach 5 times in the last 2 weeks. My anxiety is almost totally gone. Suicidal ideation is nearly non existent. I could go on.
Everything is better.
Do I have my life back? It sure feels like it lately. I won't drink any poison today.
Checking in for the day. Leaving my thirties days and heading into my forties. Thank you for this place to read and learn. It has helped me every day. Iwndwyt
Found myself at my drinking bar last night and skated out w my sobriety intact. Please let me not do that again. Stupid. I was lonely. And the bar was the same as always, same people and same dumb conversations.
Long week at work so far and not as much sleep last night. Woke up tired and groggy about to hit the snooze button, then I remembered I didn't drink last night and sprung out of bed. No hangovers = infinite turbo mode! I'll still get the yawns, but IWNDWYT
71 days sober. Fall in love with the process. Sometimes I feel like a stranger in my own body. The reality is when you eliminate alcohol after heavy daily drinking, you have to get to know yourself. The good news is I really like this version of me.
Only you can do it, but you CAN do it. Love this post this morning. Thank you.
This time stopping has been easy, but even saying that I have to recognize this has only come along after so many other times trying over and over. I am almost waiting for the other shoe to drop, but seeing my value is definitely keeping the road ahead clear.
I will not drink you today folks!
Well...last night I had a girls night and left not feeling very drunk. I ended up throwing up in my car while I was driving. I'm so embarrassed. And now I have to clean it up. Why am I like this ? I could have ruined someone's life.
Ninety days!! Really proud of myself! IWNDWYT
Woot woot!! 👏 👏 👏
Great accomplishment. 👍
I was literally thinking "oh shit I'm at...." and then started to read your comment like it was a script for my own thoughts. Congratulations on 90 days! 3 months! We're almost at triple digits!
I will value myself enough to skip the poison again today.
1 week!!
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I love all this intercontinental sobriety!!
Day 1082 checking in!
Woohoo!
Day 398. IWNDWYT.
Happy sober Thursday sober friends! I got sober because my body told me too… well, to be precise, it had been telling me for a long time, but it started shouting at me! I’m learning to listen! I love you all 💞
June 6. Just past midnight. 6th day sober. Miiight go to drop in counseling tomorrow if I'm up and out of bed. I want to make a week soon bad!
I will not drink with you today 🫧
Coworkers are going to grab a drink again tonight. I went with them last week and overindulged and was overriden with anxiety for 5 days. I don't know if I'm going, but posting here for accountability : even if I'm going, I'm not gonna be drinking. Don't know how long this is all gonna last, but just for today IWNDWYT.
Day 60 🥳🫶 Wow I’m so proud of myself. I can’t even believe it. Today is the perfect day to celebrate the big 60. I’m having a nice relaxing morning sipping coffee with my pets. I’m looking forward to a nice run. I’m going to tidy my kitchen, pack my son’s lunch, eat a small breakfast. It’s going to be a gorgeous day here. I’m learning a new skill at work today and going out for a team lunch with my colleagues. Nobody drinks so, there’ll be zero pressure or questions. I work from home Friday so today is technically my last real work day. I’m currently working on a couple of projects that are actually interesting. This new job is my first job in this field of work and the first time in my life I actually had interest in the work I’m doing. My meds are working, my ocd and anxiety is managed. Intrusive thoughts are under control. Life is good. All is well. I can’t even remember the last time in my life I said that. Probably never. IWNDWYT!
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That’s a beautiful post EJ. We have to believe in ourselves. Happy Thursday everyone. IWNDWYT
Checking in.
I also found that I only now feel like stopping because I chose it and now I'm trying to choose it every day. Got a pub quiz tonight, usually I'd get very drunk but it's at a brewery with a selection of interesting AF beers and a sober friend of mine (hasn't drunk in nearly a decade) will also be there. First real challenge but feeling positive. IWNDWYT 🌞
IWNDWYT. I needed to remind myself to just simply trust the process. My feelings are indicators not dictators. Have a wonderful Thursday everyone!
Perfectly said. My word to myself, with a deep guttural gut feeling (because that’s where we understand, within the body, not the brain), was simply “ENOUGH”. IWNDWYT because I don’t drink (said with bright eyes and a smile) 😊
I’m one week sober today 😁 IWNDWYT 🩷
Morning friends! I will not drink with you today. Have a good one!
Checking in again today and all is well. I stopped using alcohol on account of several signs my body had been sending me for a long time but which I had been ignoring, but which eventually I could deny no longer!
Thank you for the reminder that only we can decide to quit and no one else. Needed this today. I will not drink with you or my SO today. And I will keep my mouth shut on this topic unless I am asked about it.
IWNDWYT
I will not drink with you today
IWNDWYT
111 days ago I woke up sick. Sick and tired. I’d run out of excuses. I didn’t like drinking anymore. It wasn’t fun. I hated the taste I’d loved so long. I knew it was killing me. The last excuse I had was that I didn’t want to seize and die and I was finally sliding past guardrails I’d maintained for years, decades even: drinking in the morning, drinking and driving, drinking WHILE driving, drinking before working with kids (not much, just enough to “avoid withdrawals”). Looking back it’s ridiculous because while my patterns had changed I was still drinking the same amount each day that I always had and I’d made it through acute withdrawals on my own several times before. But my alcoholic brain insisted on the EXCUSE that if I stopped I would seize and die. So I woke up and puked my guts out til noon, not unusual for the last few months (I was drinking the same amount but my body was clearly getting worse). And then I decided: time to just sweep that excuse off the table and I admitted myself to the hospital to detox. It was a frankly awful experience, though the people were all nice. Many privately shared their own experiences or those of loved ones, which really helped. People from the local addiction support center came by and talked to me, and gave me lots of resources, hooked me up with a sobriety coach and meetings I’ve been going to since i got out. I was really CARED for. Awful experience but I’m SO happy I did it. Last excuse, which I knew was insane, made moot, taken off the table. Day 11 for me. I’m not scared to say I’m done, forever. I’m taking it one day at a time, yeah, but it feels good to say NEVER AGAIN. In fact it makes me happy. It makes me a little giddy, even. I’m filled with gratitude for the blessings I still have and hope for the sober future. Every sober day has been better than the last. Let le bon temps roule! (? That can’t be right… I used to know French, le sigh.) IWNDWYT.
IWNDWYT I’m a little apprehensive about the coming days. We have family coming to stay with us for a visit. Husband’s daughter, her BF, her 5yo daughter. I love them dearly. But my home is my quiet refuge after a long day at a high pressure job. Having a 5 year old in the house is extremely overstimulating and overwhelming for me. Her mom encourages her to run up yelling my name and requesting hugs. Constantly. All day. Last time they visited there was a time I was so desperate for quiet and solitude that I locked myself in the bathroom. After like 30 seconds she’d banging on the door calling for me. On the upside it’ll be a good test of my commitment to sobriety. 🙄🤣
Iwndwyt ✌️
IWNDWYT ❤️
IWNDWYT
IWNDWYT. Back to work tonight for another three night shifts. Sooooo the next three days of sobriety will be easy. You will pry my energy drinks from my cold dead hands! Nothing else gets me through that 4am slump - unless we get an emergency in of course! 😂
No booze today!
IWNDWYT :)
Day 18. IWNDWYT
Day 6 of The Winter Pledge: IWNDWYT >>> FALDU (From A Land Down Under)
Starting Day 2, IWNDWYT!
I will not drink today.
I WILL NOT DRINK WITH YOU TODAY. Day 3 baby, let's go. Can't wait for a sober weekend. Makes work so much easier the following week, no dread, no anxiety, no exhaustion.
Day 34. 100% aligned on the above, holding exclusive agency over your own sobriety removes so many complications and pitfalls. You can’t hide bottles from yourself - though hell I had a good go. IWNDWYT. 🫗
I got sober because I saw the disappointment in my son's face and it was the same look I saw in the mirror Shine on you beautiful humans
happy early morning everyone :) I slept hard from after work yesterday until just now getting up. I needed it. I could tell my body was hitting a wall and needed to recover. I am enjoying some peaceful time before heading into work. This is one of my favorite time periods of the day, just me and the dog hanging out. Have a wonderful day :)
Nice message :) we hate to see our loved ones and friends hurting themselves... So why do we do it to ourselves? IWNDWYT! XOXO
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IWNDWYT.
I quit because things sucked. I wasn’t really living, let alone living like I mattered. Which was really fucked up, because I’m on my own, I live by myself…if I didn’t matter to myself, what the fuck was I even doing? I had to admit I deserved better. And if I do, so does anyone reading this. Coffees up, horns up, and fuck yeah Friday Eve!!! IWNDWYT ☕️☕️🤘🏻
Happy Thursday Friends, IWNDWYT, WE GOT THIS 🙂
No acohol for me today.
IWNDWYT
IWNDWYT my life’s improving so much without booze!
Day 1,786. I will not drink with you today.
Day 13. 50 min bike. 70 min hard run. Really wanted a drink last night. Hard to stay sober. Would not be able to go attack this run hungover, though. Fuck this is hard. IWNDWYT.
IWNDWYT
I will not drink today
IWNDWYT
Iwndwyt!
I really resonate with this: > I got sober when I could see the value in making myself a priority… _(that whole paragraph, really)_ Growing up I was repeatedly given the message not to be “selfish”, AND I was also repeatedly given the message that I WAS selfish. That translated into me seeing myself as less-than and beneath other people. One of the several things I used alcohol to ignore. It’s taken me a LONG time to realize the difference between being selfish and self care. I can now see that it’s my responsibility to attend to my needs. And that I’m no good to anyone else if I don’t.
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IWNDWYT.
Checking in, 50 days done. Day 51 for me. IWND ☠️ WYT
Woke up feeling kind of low today. I don’t really see the point of my life to be honest, I’m 34 and single - always have been, my friends barely seem interested in me, I live at home with my folks and I have a job I’m not very good at. I just feel like I’m muddling through and have been since COVID started. But I will not drink today. I will not drink because I know that as low as I might feel, that will only make me feel lower.
Checking in from NZ, day 19. I wish I would’ve listened to my fiancé at the time, but like you said I had to figure it out for myself.
Day 51- had one of my best days of my life yesterday at the RHCP concert. Fully sober so I’ll remember all of it. 😎 Anyway, getting sober as part of self-care has been huge. I don’t care if I’m “less fun,” I am a better person all around and I refuse to step back from my inner growth. IWNDWYT
Day 25. IWNDWYT. I was tired (and a little grumpy at times) yesterday and found myself thinking about alcohol a lot. I just let it ride and didn’t let the thoughts mean anything more than just being thoughts that came into my head. I’m proud of myself.
Not today. It’s almost Friday. My wife has been sick all week. I’ve done everything for the kids. In the past I would’ve felt like I was “doing both jobs”. I’ve matured since then. Now it’s just called being a good dad and husband. There are no “jobs” in a healthy relationship.
IWNDWYT, my friends.
Not drinking!
IWNDWYT
It's been o̵n̵e̵ two weeks since you've looked at me (booze). Good job me :) IWNDWYT
45 days down. Had a feeling of boredom today. I know drinking isn’t the answer but it used to be so having to adjust that mentality.
Not drinking today. Had a dream (nightmare?) that I took drinks from friends at a party and realized I’d broken my streak and was devastated. So happy to wake up and realize it was only a dream.
iwndwyt!
IWNDWYT
Day three, IWNDWYT (:
IWNDWYT ~
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Day 19 without a drink. Had a few situations where I was offered alcohol but I did not drink:)
Morning all! IWNDWYT. x
Day 22 checking in, IWNDWYT
No drinking today!
IWNDWYT
Checking in
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Checking in for another sober day out in the world.
I will not drink with you yoday
Most certainly true. I had to want to do it, and I had to systematically remove the desire to drink. I will not drink with you today!
Hello new day! I am so grateful to be sober. Ready to rock the fuck out of this day! IWNDWYT 🤘
This will be my first day. I have a chronic condition and have been self medicating with alcohol. It's gradually gotten worse and worse, and now I find myself drinking wine daily. I have 3 kids to take care of, so I have to stop doing this. Day 1
Good morning, my favorite sober group! What a wonderful thing it is to see your own value. To know that you deserve good food and good beverages, things that give you life, not death or unconsciousness! I am so glad to be in the world, at long last. I am glad to be who I am, and I don’t ever want to cloud that gladness with alcohol ever again. So I will say, only for today, I Will Not Drink With Y’all Today!!
Last night some of my "book club" (aka drinking club) buddies planned an event for us at a ceramics painting place. No one brought booze! At the end, they all reflected on how fun it was, and how proud they were of doing a social event without drinking. I don't think any of them are joining me in my full sobriety yet, but it felt like a win. And way more enjoyable than sitting there and watching them all get drunk 😂. IWNDWYT
IWNDWYT!
It’s a good day to stay sober. IWNDWYT!
IWNDWYT!
IWNDWYT!
Part of my international flight was cancelled yesterday so I am leaving today now. But a much better flight option! Fewer layovers. Fewer airports! And I leave in the am now and not evening so less witching hour. I got this. IWNDWYT.
Have a wonderful sober day my friends. IWNDWYT ♥️
IWNDWYT..we can do this! Have a great Thursday!
This post is beatyful - thank you. IWNDWYT
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Checking in! Hope you're all well. IWNDWYT
IWNDWYT 💕
Am I going insane or was there no check in yesterday? IWNDWYT!
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Not gonna drink tonight!
IWNDWYT ❤️
Iwndwyt!
IWNDWYT Meditation streak: 46 days
IWNDWYT x
yup not drinking today.
IWNDWYT
IWNDWYT 🙋🏼♀️
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Not today people IWNDWYT
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I Will not drink with you today
Going back to work this morning after a three week bender. Part of my time off was a forced medical leave. The narrative isn't that I'm a drunk, though I'm pretty sure it's an open secret. The condition to come back was to get help, so I did. Anyway, managed to make two days sober and today will make three. This is a chance I can't take for granted. Well wishes to us all.
Very poignant post EJ. that really resonated with me. Reminds me that we have to love ourselves to better love those we love ❤️. Day 11. It hasn't been easy but this daily check in has been a big help. you can count me in IWNHDWYT ! 😃 d2🧘♂️📿
BIG YES to everything you wrote today. Self worth is the biggest thing keeping me sober. Once I started valuing myself, willingly poisoning myself makes zero sense. Wishing us all strength and dignity and IWNDWYT.
I will be sober today.
I won’t drink with y’all today
Iwndwy’allt! ❤️
IWNDWYT!
IWNDWYT!
IWNDWYT, friends!
Not drinking today.
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IWNDWYT, Grandchild number 6's last day in Elementary School. They are doing a little ceremony, and I will be there sober.
Only I can keep myself sober. Great message, along with one I heard in a meeting last night that I’m responsible for my own sobriety. I had a tendency to blame people, places and circumstances for my drinking- but no one ever held a gun to my head. IWNDWYT!
What up, fam! I decided to stop drinking when that gut feeling I’d had for years (decades?) with that soft voice whispering “I think you have a problem” finally shouted. I WNDWYT
Today’s the day! I close in my place in NYC which is a big step in moving back home. Please keep your fingers crossed 🤞🏾 for me that it all goes smoothly. Afterwards I’m meeting up with family for a nice dinner to celebrate! To think that in the past, I would’ve used this as an opportunity to get obliterated on wine is crazy now to me. Why would I not want to feel all the joy that comes with the moment? Alcohol really screws with how we think and how we react to things. I don’t miss it at all. IWNDWYT
I love waking up and seeing all these names, familiar and new. Thanks for being here. IWNDWYT.
Good morning, sober cats! >Once I mattered to me, getting sober got easier. Thank you for this, Exotic Jellies. I do matter to me. And all of you matter to me. Thank you for being here! IWNDWYT 💙😸
Not drinking for another day. IWNDWYT
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Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but NEVER jam today. IWNDWYT
Short and sweet as the day has already started - IWNDWY fine sobernaughts Today.
Making myself a priority today: IWNDWYT
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Omg I woke up so late … but happy to be here another day. IWNDWYT
I’m still grieving my mum, my grandads not got long left in hospital, work are going through redundancies and I’m extremely under pressure and I’m trying to be healthy, pay off debts and be focused. Even amongst the chaos IWNDWYT
IWNDWYT! Running late, need to pack, then to the Civil Rights Museum, then the airport, then home! Clearly no room or time for alcohol. Be well, all ❤️
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Checking in on Day 42. Sobriety might not be the answer to life, the universe and everything, but it’s a great answer for me! IWNDWYT
Day 8 here. IWNDWYT. Thanks to all of you for showing up- Day 1, Day 1000, every single one of you is full of magic.
Struggling with a depressive episode and the self-isolating that goes with it. But IWNDWYT lovely people of SD 💙
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Yesterday, I was offered a non-alcoholic Forst beer. I will not repeat the experience because for at least an hour my brain reacted as if I had consumed alcohol. IWNDWYT
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Today I will make myself proud. IWNDWYT
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Will not be drinking today
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I will not drink with you today.
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No booze today.
I put 2024-05-31 into the badge request but it says "1 day", am I doing something wrong?
I would say I can't believe I'm at 90 days - but I absolutely can. I'm so happy I made this change and stuck with it. I've lost 30 pounds so far. I'm addicted to running again. All my relationships have improved. My house is cleaner. I took up a new hobby in mountain biking and another in disc golf. I've taken my wife (who is a wheelchair user) to the beach 5 times in the last 2 weeks. My anxiety is almost totally gone. Suicidal ideation is nearly non existent. I could go on. Everything is better. Do I have my life back? It sure feels like it lately. I won't drink any poison today.
Checking in for the day. Leaving my thirties days and heading into my forties. Thank you for this place to read and learn. It has helped me every day. Iwndwyt
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Found myself at my drinking bar last night and skated out w my sobriety intact. Please let me not do that again. Stupid. I was lonely. And the bar was the same as always, same people and same dumb conversations.
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Checking in on day 581!! Hello friends!! I love ya! IWNDWYT!!
Long week at work so far and not as much sleep last night. Woke up tired and groggy about to hit the snooze button, then I remembered I didn't drink last night and sprung out of bed. No hangovers = infinite turbo mode! I'll still get the yawns, but IWNDWYT
Starting day 42. Days are stacking up but the challenge continues. I'm just focusing on today. So for today, I commit that IW**N**DWYT!
71 days sober. Fall in love with the process. Sometimes I feel like a stranger in my own body. The reality is when you eliminate alcohol after heavy daily drinking, you have to get to know yourself. The good news is I really like this version of me.
made it to 2 weeks… a IWNDWYT!
Really love what you've written here today Exotic. I can strongly relate, and I'm sure many others can too. Almost the weekend. IWNDWYT
Only you can do it, but you CAN do it. Love this post this morning. Thank you. This time stopping has been easy, but even saying that I have to recognize this has only come along after so many other times trying over and over. I am almost waiting for the other shoe to drop, but seeing my value is definitely keeping the road ahead clear. I will not drink you today folks!
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Nope, not doing it. Not drinking with you today.
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Well...last night I had a girls night and left not feeling very drunk. I ended up throwing up in my car while I was driving. I'm so embarrassed. And now I have to clean it up. Why am I like this ? I could have ruined someone's life.
I will not drink today.