The Daily Check-In for Wednesday, September 30th: Just for today, I am NOT drinking!

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 r/stopdrinking 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, lets not drink alcohol!

This pledge is a statement of intent. Today we don't set out trying not to drink, we make a conscious decision not to drink. It sounds simple, but all of us know it can be hard and sometimes impossible. The group can support and inspire us, yet only one person can decide if we drink today. Give that person the right mindset!

What happens if we can't keep to our pledge? We give up or try again. And since we're here in r/stopdrinking, we're not ready to give up.

What this is: A simple thread where we commit to not drinking alcohol for the next 24 hours, posting to show others that they're not alone and making a pledge to ourselves. Anybody can join and participate at any time, you do not have to be a regular at r/stopdrinking or have followed the pledges from the beginning.

What this isn't: A good place for a detailed introduction of yourself, directly seek advice or share lengthy stories. You'll get a more personal response in your own thread.

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Uh ohh! Guess what day it is? Guess what day it isss!!?!? It’s hump day.

That’s right, it’s hump day, also the last day in September before Sober October! Everyone is able to participate in Sober October whether you have been sober for years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes or seconds. We welcome you.

I’m very much looking forward to October because I live in the Midwest, and the fall weather is just incredible. Leaves changing colors, hoodies, sweatpants, campfires and more. This will also be my first sober October in years and I’m so grateful to be going into it with you all!

What has helped you stay sober? For me, the only thing I’ve found that’s worked for me is going to AA. I’ve tried to get sober plenty of times before, but AA has really done it for me. Something about going the first time and hearing a stranger telling my story was an eye opening experience.

A couple of my favorite cliches or lines from AA are:

“One drink is too much and a thousand is never enough”

“What would drinking do?”

And last but not least, the serenity prayer.

“God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference”

By the way, I’m a couple weeks late but I finally got my 6 month token today :)

IWNDWYT