Good morning, fellow sobernauts, IWNDWYT 😁!
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/stop drinking 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!
I can’t speak for others, but sometimes for me, offering someone a helping hand IS like putting my oxygen mask on first. Compassion is a wonderful emotion to feel, and knowing that you are making a difference can give you strength.
But please do take care of yourself as well. You’re worth it!
thanks you’re right but I’m very early days. when I’m sober I really want to help, I told him, I wish I could do more. but I hope he’ll call in emergency. even just to breathe together.
I’ll get off the phone with my sponsor, we’ll pray together and I’ll tell him how grateful I am for his time, he says no thankyou you’re helping me, no idiot you’re helping me and this can go back and forth for ages. just being able to say, I have a sponsor, makes me feel safe. today I’m doing a fearless and searching moral inventory, I’m procrastinating. I dont want to dig up the past, I’ll want to drink. but I have to do it, I want to be at step 12 and help others. I want to be calm stable and comfortable in my own skin.
but thankyou ickplant, just your comment helped me so I hope you got a healthy dose of oxygen ❤️