Good morning sober family!

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!

  • rosamundiM
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    75 months ago

    Good afternoon, fellow sobernauts, IWNDWYT 😁!

  • @ickplant
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    75 months ago

    I will not drink with you!

  • CO5MO ✨
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    55 months ago

    In having a hard time w this. I know it’s the right thing to do @ this point in my life so I can get my shit together, but damn if I’m not easily swayed to crack one open. I have 1 beer left in my fridge for the weekend & as much as I’d like to stay sober, this 1 will probably have 6 new friends later today.

    🥴😤☹️ any & all tips/hacks welcome

    • @CheesyGordita
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      55 months ago

      How much is a 6 pack nowadays? $10? $15 for something nicer? Probably not a lot to work with but you could take that money and buy something for a hobby you’re interested in. Video game, cheap meal out, a book you wanted to read, go to a movie, rent/stream a movie and some snacks. Basically treat yourself to something your normally wouldn’t with the money you would spend on beer

      • CO5MO ✨
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        35 months ago

        That’s true! I like this idea. TY! Sadly, my kind is always like “oooh, get a good bottle of wine or some good beer” 🎭

    • ZerlynaOPM
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      5 months ago

      There’s a pinned post with some helpful tips. For me reading This Naked Mind was a game changer. I was about 2 weeks in when I read it. At first I drank some NA beers as well (Heineken 0 tastes like the alcohol version!) and it was bizarre tasting what I expected to taste and “getting nothing from it”. I also started to realize how I didn’t really like the taste anyway! So maybe try that for your six new friends today, see how you like it. :)

      • CO5MO ✨
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        55 months ago

        TYSM for the info! I will def start w the pinned post! Can’t say I’ve had na beers but will def consider

        • ZerlynaOPM
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          55 months ago

          I have heard good things about Athletic Brewing Company. They made several NA beers (maybe that’s all what they make?). I was already off my NA kick when I heard about them.

          • CO5MO ✨
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            35 months ago

            Appreciate the recommendation! Ima keep an eye out for this 💥

    • @[email protected]
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      35 months ago

      You could try making a list of all the negative things alcohol brings into your life and reading through it when you get the urge.

      It doesn’t have to be all at once either. You can just kinda add to it as you remember something that happened or a way drinking made you feel. Maybe an opportunity you missed because you were drinking?

      Also, I like to drink NA kombucha. That really helps me with my cravings. (Most kombucha on the market now is NA, but a few varieties and/or the type you can make at home isn’t.)

  • @Mr_Wobble
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    55 months ago

    I’m currently longtime sober, and haven’t checked in on stopdrinking here or on reddit in ages. But this came by on my feed, and I’ve been feeling a little squirrely so here’s me checking in. IWNDWYT

  • Ms. ArmoredThirteen
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    25 months ago

    I’m just a couple weeks away from two years no alcohol 🎉 I’m currently out of state, like 30 hours until an important surgery I’ve been planning for a long time, idk if I would have gotten my shit together enough for this if I were still drunk every day. I was on the verge of having a high enough BMI for my surgery to be denied but quitting alcohol helped me get into a proper weight range. Soon I start a liquid diet for a day so while I’ll be doing a lot of drinking it’s going to be all pedialyte and filtered stock 💪 We got this

      • Ms. ArmoredThirteen
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        25 months ago

        Thank you ❤️ In theory this is one that people bounce back from well and I’ve spent the last couple years getting myself in decent shape so I’m pretty confident