*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. --- This post goes up at: - US - Night/Early Morning - Europe - Morning - Asia and Australia - Evening/Night A link to the current Daily Check-In post can always be found near the top of the sidebar. --- - - - - - - Good Tuesday morning SD! Have you ever used a blender and didn’t quite snap the lid on properly so it pops off while blending and partially liquified gunk flies all over the kitchen (please say that isn’t just me!)? Well, that is what my emotions were like when I first stopped drinking – half chunky, half liquid and spewing everywhere! Thankfully, this sub taught me that my splatter-y emotions were partially a result of withdrawing alcohol from my system (after flooding it for so long) and partially from actually feeling emotions instead of burying them. Knowing that did not make the emotions any less, but it did allow me to weather that storm and not fall too deeply into that blender while it was spinning! In the thick of the topsy-turvy, I tried hard to always take a beat before reacting to something, because my reaction might be just a wee bit enflamed by my chunky/liquified emotional soup. How about you? How do navigate the super strong emotions? Go get some Tuesday friends, it is there for the taking! ❤️&💪 to all, IWNDWYT.   submitted by   /u/Much-Pirate-5439 [link]   [comments]