Good morning, fellow sobernauts and happy Saturday! 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!

  • Vinny_93@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    1 month ago

    I was a ‘standard drinker’ a couple of weeks ago. Every once in a while I’d browse All to see stats going around and I kept seeing these posts. At first I thought ‘hm well good for them but it’s not for me’. After a while I started to think ‘maybe I should drink less’. Then I subscribed. Then I started commenting on these.

    Now I have a festival today and all week I’ve been considering just going it completely sober. I might drink a couple of craft beers just for the taste but if they have alcohol free I’m going for that.

    My point is that two months back I would have never considered going to this festival sober. I would have had drank too much, had had a crappy week after… The usual arguments.

    • TexasDrunk@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      1 month ago

      Dude, that’s awesome!

      I will say it’s for me, but not yet. I’m absolutely a self-medicating drunk and I’m not ready to deal with some shit. I’ll get there when I’m ready. In the meantime I’ll just keep being inspired and celebrating y’all’s victories.

      • Vinny_93@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        1 month ago

        It’s great to acknowledge that first step. And I think it really doesn’t matter whether you keep up not drinking or whatever, just cutting back a little is a huge accomplishment and communities like these provide an enormous boost.

      • rosamundi@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
        3·
        1 month ago

        I hear you. Looking back, I was self-medicating my ADHD and when I stopped, I had no excuse not to seek that diagnosis. The thing about stopping drinking is it leaves you nowhere to hide from your own brain any more (weed isn’t legal in the UK), so if you do stop drinking you need to have a plan in place for dealing with whatever comes up.

    • CheesyGordita@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 month ago

      I love it. I’ve been thinking about this and we already know what it’s like to drink and do things drunk. I’ve tried real hard when I have those inkling moments of “what if? What if I didn’t drink?” to go for it. It’s kind of exciting and I don’t think I have ever regretted it yet. Whatever happens man, good on you and it’s good to have you here