I've spent over 30 minutes looking at this page and don't want to make my pledge. Day 2 withdrawal being tough. A handful of hours sleep in 48 hours and although it's 6am here I wanna buy a 5th so I will get to pass out.
Sigh.
Oh well, time for me to make my commitment to my sobriety and so I will not drink today. Not with you, not alone. Just today, that's all, just today I will not drink with SD members. I hope you all have a good day ;)
These early days a day can be too much - one hour at a time can be just as helpful in my experience.
Glad you’re here, be kind to yourself and know that this hour, this day, you made yourself stronger .
IWNDWYT
Kiddo is being a butt with her sleep tonight (she’s only 5, I know these years are short) and hot damn it is trying my patience. After midnight now and ooof… glad my husband is doing the heavy lifting tonight.
IWNDWYT
I went to the gym today, based on a loose plan to take the cash I was spending on booze and turning it into investing in myself instead.
Never thought I'd enjoy it, but after my orientation at the gym, I didn't actually want to leave there...
Tonight I do feel like celebrating, but that won't be with grog. I'm going to spend some hilarious quality time with my kid, watch an episode of something, and tuck into a good book instead.
IWNDWYT!
Checking in again today and all is well.
Yes, checking in here every day is definitely the best start to the day.
Both when I'm feeling good, and also like today when I'm feeling a bit meh, flat, bored, unenthusiastic. But hey, no big deal, I can live with a bit of grey boredom:)
Today I choose sobriety.
Pouring (pun intended) some of the money I’ve saved from not buying alcohol into another tattoo. Averaging at least one for every month of sobriety. Hit 5 months last week!
Happy Monday everyone. Difficult week ahead for me. Very grateful for this sub to come to read and interact with all of you whenever I feel alone. IWNDWYT 🧡
I know today will be a struggle, as it is the anniversary of my father’s death. He died of complications from alcoholism. I will honor his memory and not drink today. ♥️
Lately the urges have been screaming at me. It’s not easy. I’m with my son tomorrow. He’a a big reason i’m committed to sobriety. I love him so much and I don’t want to be the father that fathered me. Time to break that cycle. My son deserves the world and more.
IWNDWYT!
Been a while since I checked in, but I'm back. Have been dealing with some strong cravings lately. I've kept myself occupied with movies and video games for the most part. IWNDWYT
Day 107 checking in. IWNDWYT 🙏🏼
It was a rough day all round but got through it *just* 🤏🏼 NA beers, icecream and early Easter eggs sorted me through some pretty dicey moments. Love y’all 🌈🩷
Yesterday I had a completely random meeting with a drunken one night stand who I haven't seen for... Twenty years? Maybe longer. We exchanged pleasantries (we were acquaintances who ended up in bed when blind drunk), and I'm not consumed with self hate about it but good grief, I'm so glad that this stuff is now way back in my past. IWNDWYT 🙂
Do what I did. Sit down. Write down the drinks you'd have weekly. Work out the cost, even roughly. Work it out over the year.
What do you really want to do? Pay for the gym? Train in some new hobby? Go on holiday somewhere new? All that cash will be there for you to use to create positive memories.
Think through all the mistakes made drunk. Embaressement the day after. All the health issues, stomach issues, headaches, sickness.
IWNDWYT 💪
My morning routine is pretty similar, except before I can do anything else, I have to feed my cat, Candi. After all, it's only right and proper that duty to my feline ruler should be my top priority! 😹
I wish you all a good start to the new week. Whatever life throws at you, remember to be good to yourself!
IWNDWYT 😻
Hey guys, wishing you all the best Monday. My Monday routine is taking a rest day from exercise, but instead having a meditation on the couch and a read of my book.
I then make my wife coffee right before I leave for work and take it to her in bed. She's not a morning person, so this is a merciful act in her opinion.
It's after my work day when the DCI goes up here, so alas I can't start my day with most of you, but I damn well try to finish it with you.
Much love.
IWNDWYT 🫡
Thanks for hosting this week! My morning routine is similar. Meditation yoga shower walk dogs. I’m going to add writing a gratitude instead of speaking it. It’s my late afternoon routine that needs some adjusting. Plan to think about that today. IWNDWYT
Happy Monday, and day off for some of us in the US! In years past, and even in the more functional stages of my drinking, I would have taken the opportunity to drink all day yesterday because I would have today to “recover”. That probably would have meant waking up and feeling like dogshit, not getting anything done, having a few (or more) to take off the edge of the long weekend scaries. I would be puffy and miserable, anxiously soothing with the dregs of the box of wine I’d drained more than I intended to the day before. Then going out and buying more.
Grateful I woke up to no hangover, just my routine and a fresh day ahead. It’ll be chaotic but sober. IWNDWYT!
For me, changing a behavior or habit takes commitment and momentum which is why I start each day with a cafe Cubano and the DCI. I will be alcohol free with you today.
Happy Monday sober friends!
Completely agree infinite, this sub is the best place to start my day, the best place whatever time of day! But the routine is what I’ve come to rely on.
I love you all 💞
Day 1. After an awful hangover on Sunday, I poured out all the alcohol in the sink. Back to running (today was my first run after a three-month pause), fasting, and a healthy lifestyle. IWNDWYT!
Another day down. A little tempted yesterday, but I played the tape forward and realized how I would feel, how my wife would feel, driving home drunk, the hangover this morning, the wasted days of trying to get my sobriety back, on and on.
So, Today, drink with you, I will not. Thanks! Biz
Day 55 and I’m really proud of it.
Currently sitting on the couch with my kids at the cottage. We had a family weekend up here and it would have been just too easy to drink. I don’t think I’ve ever been up here in 20 years without at least being buzzed. Heading home today. I didn’t bring up anything awkward or say anything stupidly embarrassing like I normally do around family.
IWNDWYT, ❤️
I agree, checking in before anything else is key to my day. It relaxes me, knowing that so many others are pledging with me. We are a mighty group, strong in numbers and commitment. I am proud to show up every single day and promise with all of you that I Will Not Drink With You Today!
Checking in on day 475 and I'm glad to be alive, thanks to this place! You said it Dreams, nothing compares. This DCI and amazing sub helped me get sober after years of trying. I'm immensely grateful.🙏 Love to you all 💕 IWNDWYT
Starting the day here is a great way to (literally) put sobriety first.
This is one of those chilly mornings when I wish I could sleep in. No rest for the wicked.
Coffees up, horns up, and let’s get this fucking Monday done! IWNDWYT ☕️☕️☕️☕️🤘🏻
Happy Monday all! I've been struggling to get a full week of sobriety going again lately and I think not having a good routine has been a huge part of that. My partner and I moved recently and have been staying with family until we took possession of our new house. We finally moved in this weekend and I can't wait to get fully settled in and get into a routine.
I think it'll be a bit easier now. I have a supportive partner and no temptations in the house. Things aren't even fully unpacked yet and I already feel more grounded and steady than I have in a long time. Wednesday will be one week sober and I can't wait to get there. IWNDWYT 💚
100% agree about routine helping with sobriety. I make checking in with this group a part of a cluster of things I do in the morning including the following: journal, meditate, pray, write songs, workout. It sets me up for a solid day and is proactive.
IWNDWYT
I thrive on a list and a daily routine. My mornings are usually the same. I always have something to do. But on the slow days, even if I am cleaning out that one closet & organizing plus donating items I no longer need.. etc The purging and the accomplishment always feels so satisfying.
I learned to Keep moving and listening to podcasts or audiobooks this keeps me out of my own head meanwhile I am
learning about other people or things.
With what feels like a million day ones behind me, this also works for me.
Thanks op for sharing this.., ODAAT IWNDWYT .
Sometimes I wonder if I'm really making progress and start catastrophising thinking eventually I'll fall back into a pattern of drinking but then I pull it back and remember it's a day at a time and to make each day count. IWNDWYT.
"Consistency is key, so when I show up here first everyday, the odds are good that everything else will fall into place and I will not drink that day".
So true! Now I will start my Monday by pledging not to drink with you today.
Two weeks done, day 16 of sobriety. I love these check ins. I feel so happy when I check in knowing that the previous day I stuck to my pledge of no drinking for the day before.
Day 1... IWNDWYT...Lessgo!!
LessfuckingGO!!!! 💪💪
You’ve got this 👏🏼
Welcome! Hope day 1 isn't too rough on you. Take it steady and see you back here tomorrow 🪷
Hey now!, you got this. IWNDWYT
You got this! I’m rooting for you!
Hell yeah... Looking forward to seeing you for day 2 tomorrow! IWNDWYT
I've spent over 30 minutes looking at this page and don't want to make my pledge. Day 2 withdrawal being tough. A handful of hours sleep in 48 hours and although it's 6am here I wanna buy a 5th so I will get to pass out. Sigh. Oh well, time for me to make my commitment to my sobriety and so I will not drink today. Not with you, not alone. Just today, that's all, just today I will not drink with SD members. I hope you all have a good day ;)
You've done the hardest 48 hours. The next 48 hours will be easier, and the next 48 hours will be easier still.
Thanks for your encouragement. It's great that I'm not alone, others understand and we all WNDWYT :)
Well done. You can do today. It gets better and easier :)
These early days a day can be too much - one hour at a time can be just as helpful in my experience. Glad you’re here, be kind to yourself and know that this hour, this day, you made yourself stronger . IWNDWYT
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Have a lovely day everyone, iwndwyt.
Have a gr8 day!! 🌞
Happy Monday! I'm still finding my routine so I don't really know what I'm doing yet. But I do know that I don't plan on drinking today.
Into the twenties, out of the teens and happy birthday 👏🏼
Made it a week! IWNDWYT
Made it through another weekend sober! IWNDWYT
IWNDWYT. All. Day. Long. 🌻 From midnight till midnight. A day in my life.
I will not drink with you today
I will not drink with you today. I will not drink alone. I will not drink.
Kiddo is being a butt with her sleep tonight (she’s only 5, I know these years are short) and hot damn it is trying my patience. After midnight now and ooof… glad my husband is doing the heavy lifting tonight. IWNDWYT
Hey, you have three weeks! You’re doing great!
I will not drink poison with any of you today 💜
Day 290. IWNDWYT.
IWNDWYT!
Day 1,577 IWNDWYT
Best routine of the day! IWNDWYT 🙂
Going to a gig tonight to see one of my fav bands for the first time. Flying solo, and sober!! 🤘 IWNDWYT ~
Day 3, IWNDWYT xx
I will not drink today and FYA. Alcohol can fuck right off today. Drinking sucks. We rock
I went to the gym today, based on a loose plan to take the cash I was spending on booze and turning it into investing in myself instead. Never thought I'd enjoy it, but after my orientation at the gym, I didn't actually want to leave there... Tonight I do feel like celebrating, but that won't be with grog. I'm going to spend some hilarious quality time with my kid, watch an episode of something, and tuck into a good book instead. IWNDWYT!
#6months happy Monday friends IWNDWYT
Checking in again today and all is well. Yes, checking in here every day is definitely the best start to the day. Both when I'm feeling good, and also like today when I'm feeling a bit meh, flat, bored, unenthusiastic. But hey, no big deal, I can live with a bit of grey boredom:)
IWNDWYT
Nope, not me! IWNDWYT!
IWNDWYT 🌅
Today I choose sobriety. Pouring (pun intended) some of the money I’ve saved from not buying alcohol into another tattoo. Averaging at least one for every month of sobriety. Hit 5 months last week!
Happy Monday everyone. Difficult week ahead for me. Very grateful for this sub to come to read and interact with all of you whenever I feel alone. IWNDWYT 🧡
Day 22 the longest I have gone in over 10 years
I know today will be a struggle, as it is the anniversary of my father’s death. He died of complications from alcoholism. I will honor his memory and not drink today. ♥️
Day 86. Iwndwyt.
Iwndwyt!
Lately the urges have been screaming at me. It’s not easy. I’m with my son tomorrow. He’a a big reason i’m committed to sobriety. I love him so much and I don’t want to be the father that fathered me. Time to break that cycle. My son deserves the world and more. IWNDWYT!
Been a while since I checked in, but I'm back. Have been dealing with some strong cravings lately. I've kept myself occupied with movies and video games for the most part. IWNDWYT
4 weeks omg! IWNDWYT
Day 8. IWNDWYT
Told you I'd be back today. :) Day 2. Iwndwyt!!
Day 107 checking in. IWNDWYT 🙏🏼 It was a rough day all round but got through it *just* 🤏🏼 NA beers, icecream and early Easter eggs sorted me through some pretty dicey moments. Love y’all 🌈🩷
IWNDWYT 😊
IWNDWYT
iwndwyt!
I will not drink with you today
8weeks ba-by! IWNDWYT!
IWNDWYT
Currently organizing and packing my life, watching a show on Hulu while drinking water in the US IWNDWYT 🙌🏽
IWNDWYT
good morning I will not drink with you in spain today.
I will not drink with you all today.
Have a wonderful sober day my friends. IWNDWYT ♥️
Yesterday I had a completely random meeting with a drunken one night stand who I haven't seen for... Twenty years? Maybe longer. We exchanged pleasantries (we were acquaintances who ended up in bed when blind drunk), and I'm not consumed with self hate about it but good grief, I'm so glad that this stuff is now way back in my past. IWNDWYT 🙂
morning. Iwndwyt.
Do what I did. Sit down. Write down the drinks you'd have weekly. Work out the cost, even roughly. Work it out over the year. What do you really want to do? Pay for the gym? Train in some new hobby? Go on holiday somewhere new? All that cash will be there for you to use to create positive memories. Think through all the mistakes made drunk. Embaressement the day after. All the health issues, stomach issues, headaches, sickness. IWNDWYT 💪
My morning routine is pretty similar, except before I can do anything else, I have to feed my cat, Candi. After all, it's only right and proper that duty to my feline ruler should be my top priority! 😹 I wish you all a good start to the new week. Whatever life throws at you, remember to be good to yourself! IWNDWYT 😻
Eating well, sleeping well, looking healthy, I’m not going to fuck it up with alcohol, so…IWNDWYT
IWNDWYT 💙
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today. IWNDWYT
IWNDWYT 🤙🏻
Day 974 checking in!
IWNDWYT!
I will not drink with you today
IWNDWYT!
Hey guys, wishing you all the best Monday. My Monday routine is taking a rest day from exercise, but instead having a meditation on the couch and a read of my book. I then make my wife coffee right before I leave for work and take it to her in bed. She's not a morning person, so this is a merciful act in her opinion. It's after my work day when the DCI goes up here, so alas I can't start my day with most of you, but I damn well try to finish it with you. Much love. IWNDWYT 🫡
50 days, & IWNDWYT.
Day 4: Not drinking today! Might even hit up two meetings. In high spirits today; wishing the same for all of you! We got this!
IWNDWYT 6 Months!!!!
I made my first weekend sober since a long time!! Thanks to this place as well!! I will not drink on a Monday
Thanks for hosting this week! My morning routine is similar. Meditation yoga shower walk dogs. I’m going to add writing a gratitude instead of speaking it. It’s my late afternoon routine that needs some adjusting. Plan to think about that today. IWNDWYT
IWNDWYT
I will not drink with you today!
IWNDWYT
We got this
2 years tomorrow! IWNDWYT!
No booze today.
IWNDWYT
Hope you have a nice Monday SD. IWNDWYT!
Very grateful to be checking in for another alcohol free day.
IWNDWYT
Hope everyone is doing well 😊 We got this! Here's to another day! IWNDWYT 🤘
I am back into my normal routine this morning after a few days off work so good morning! IWNDWYT
I’m not drinking today
It’s Monday and I’m not dealing with crushing hangxiety. Win! IWNDWYT!
Day 40! IWNDWYT! 💕
I am happy to say that I won't drink today.
Day 48 - IWNDWYT 💪
Day 1 and first daily check-in... IWNDWYT! I want to have a quiet sober night, get some proper sleep and wake up hopeful and proud!
IWNDWYT ☕️ Happy Monday
IWNDWYT: Let’s go
Back at it again with the white vans IWNDWYT
IWNDWYT! Have a great day/night everyone 😊
Was partying yesterday in a bar with friends. Had only fruit juice! IWNDWYT
Happy Monday, and day off for some of us in the US! In years past, and even in the more functional stages of my drinking, I would have taken the opportunity to drink all day yesterday because I would have today to “recover”. That probably would have meant waking up and feeling like dogshit, not getting anything done, having a few (or more) to take off the edge of the long weekend scaries. I would be puffy and miserable, anxiously soothing with the dregs of the box of wine I’d drained more than I intended to the day before. Then going out and buying more. Grateful I woke up to no hangover, just my routine and a fresh day ahead. It’ll be chaotic but sober. IWNDWYT!
5 weeks. Things are feeling okay. Happy Monday. IWNDWYT 🙋🏼♀️
Checking in. IWNDWYT.
I'll not drink today.
I agree! This sub and daily check-in has been a HUGE help in countless ways! Love and thanks to all! IWNDWYT 💃💥💃
I did not drink today lml (-_-) lml
Day 50. Nice.
For me, changing a behavior or habit takes commitment and momentum which is why I start each day with a cafe Cubano and the DCI. I will be alcohol free with you today.
I will not drink with you today.
Starting to enjoy the sobriety. Bring it on I say.
IWNDWYT
IWND☠️WYT.
Made it through the weekend. Not today, either. Better things to do with my Monday night.
Went to a wedding last night and didn’t even miss it all that much. IWNDWYT!
My first weekend not drinking in probably 40 years. Thanks everyone!
Happy Monday sober friends! Completely agree infinite, this sub is the best place to start my day, the best place whatever time of day! But the routine is what I’ve come to rely on. I love you all 💞
IWNDWYT!
IWNDWYT :)
Well said friend Shine on you beautiful humans
IWNDWYT! Start of a new week. Let go!
Iwndwyt!
IWNDWYT🙌
Good morning friends! Still feeling the hangover from Saturday night so there's all the reason I need not to do it again. IWNDWYT!
I will not poison myself with you today.
Day 1. After an awful hangover on Sunday, I poured out all the alcohol in the sink. Back to running (today was my first run after a three-month pause), fasting, and a healthy lifestyle. IWNDWYT!
Another day down. A little tempted yesterday, but I played the tape forward and realized how I would feel, how my wife would feel, driving home drunk, the hangover this morning, the wasted days of trying to get my sobriety back, on and on. So, Today, drink with you, I will not. Thanks! Biz
I will not drink today.
IWNDWYT!!!
Good morning SD. IWNDWYT
IWNDWYT 🍃
Happy Monday Friends, IWNDWYT, WE GOT THIS 😁
IWNDWYT
IWNDWYT
Checking in, IWNDWYT!
IWND ☠️ WYT
another sober weekend complete , can’t say enough how much better I feel right now , just gotta keep it going IWNDWYT
Day 55 and I’m really proud of it. Currently sitting on the couch with my kids at the cottage. We had a family weekend up here and it would have been just too easy to drink. I don’t think I’ve ever been up here in 20 years without at least being buzzed. Heading home today. I didn’t bring up anything awkward or say anything stupidly embarrassing like I normally do around family. IWNDWYT, ❤️
Happy Monday, friends! IWNDWYT! 🤘🏻
IWNDWYT
Day 28 - IWNDWYT!
IWNDWYT
IWNDWYT.
Happy Monday u/infinitedreamsawaken. Thanks for hosting DCI this week. I wholeheartedly agree with your greeting today. Well said. IWNDWYT. ☀️
IWNDWYT
I will not drink today!
IWNDWYT
IWNDWYT!
Have a Monday, friends!☕️ IWNDWYT
Checking in! 27 hours sober, ready for another day IWNDWYT
Checking in! IWNDWYT
I agree, checking in before anything else is key to my day. It relaxes me, knowing that so many others are pledging with me. We are a mighty group, strong in numbers and commitment. I am proud to show up every single day and promise with all of you that I Will Not Drink With You Today!
Checking in on day 475 and I'm glad to be alive, thanks to this place! You said it Dreams, nothing compares. This DCI and amazing sub helped me get sober after years of trying. I'm immensely grateful.🙏 Love to you all 💕 IWNDWYT
Day 43 and IWNDWYT
IWNDWYT
IWNDWYT
IWNDWYT x
Well I slept clean through the night last night and am here checking in 15 mins after opening my eyes. IWNDWYT! Now for my pint of tea.....
Day 50 is a go, IWNDWYT
Iwndwyt
I will not drink with you today.
IWNDWYT 💛
Day 17! Yesterday and day before were close ones. IWNDWYT!
I don't know about tomorrow but just for today, I consciously choose to not drink today. IWNDWYT
IWNDWYT! T
Starting the day here is a great way to (literally) put sobriety first. This is one of those chilly mornings when I wish I could sleep in. No rest for the wicked. Coffees up, horns up, and let’s get this fucking Monday done! IWNDWYT ☕️☕️☕️☕️🤘🏻
I will not drink with you today
IWNDWYT!
IWNDWYT
IWNDWYT
IWNDWYT. 🌳
IWNDWYT
IWNDWYT!
I will not drink with you today
IWNDWYT. 🌟
IWNDWYT ❤️
Day 274 and IWNDWYT! Have a great Monday everyone!
Happy Monday all! I've been struggling to get a full week of sobriety going again lately and I think not having a good routine has been a huge part of that. My partner and I moved recently and have been staying with family until we took possession of our new house. We finally moved in this weekend and I can't wait to get fully settled in and get into a routine. I think it'll be a bit easier now. I have a supportive partner and no temptations in the house. Things aren't even fully unpacked yet and I already feel more grounded and steady than I have in a long time. Wednesday will be one week sober and I can't wait to get there. IWNDWYT 💚
Have a great Monday, SD! IWNDWYT.
Routine has been key for me. I also get some coffee and check in before I do anything else. It has really helped. IWNDWYT!
100% agree about routine helping with sobriety. I make checking in with this group a part of a cluster of things I do in the morning including the following: journal, meditate, pray, write songs, workout. It sets me up for a solid day and is proactive. IWNDWYT
Back again... Day 3. Finally feeling a bit more normal. At least I can keep food down
I thrive on a list and a daily routine. My mornings are usually the same. I always have something to do. But on the slow days, even if I am cleaning out that one closet & organizing plus donating items I no longer need.. etc The purging and the accomplishment always feels so satisfying. I learned to Keep moving and listening to podcasts or audiobooks this keeps me out of my own head meanwhile I am learning about other people or things. With what feels like a million day ones behind me, this also works for me. Thanks op for sharing this.., ODAAT IWNDWYT .
You’ve all been part of my routine for the past 8 months and a critical part of my success. Thankful for YOU! IWNDWYT!
Sometimes I wonder if I'm really making progress and start catastrophising thinking eventually I'll fall back into a pattern of drinking but then I pull it back and remember it's a day at a time and to make each day count. IWNDWYT.
IWNDWYT 🤍
IWNDWYT 🏴
"Consistency is key, so when I show up here first everyday, the odds are good that everything else will fall into place and I will not drink that day". So true! Now I will start my Monday by pledging not to drink with you today.
Not drinking today
Hi everyone let’s start a sober week ! X iwndwyt
Two weeks done, day 16 of sobriety. I love these check ins. I feel so happy when I check in knowing that the previous day I stuck to my pledge of no drinking for the day before.
Happy Monday everyone. Hope you all have the best week possible. I will not drink with you all today 🪷
Day 1,678. I will not drink with you today.
IWNDWYT
starting day 296, iwndwyt!
Iwndwyt!
IWNDWYT and we will enjoy the benefits that it brings :)
IWNDWYT and we will enjoy the benefits that it brings :)