Good morning, fellow sobernauts, 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!
Today my work was especially slow and around 2 p.m. I was fused to the couch and seriously considering just having a drink to take the edge off. But I have this friend who likes to go fishing and I piggybacked on that hobby last year and since the weather was fine I went fishing again today. It was nice just to be outside and even though I had to get over that hump, once I was sorta active I felt a lot better.
And just for reference, the LLM suggested looking for some sort of activity that was good to do solo, preferably at a place where others might also go solo, but with a focus on the activity so you don’t have to get into small talk or focus on drinking.
I know bars and stuff can be triggering for those of us who really struggle with addiction but bar sports are a great idea for me on paper. I could just go play darts or pool in a pool hall, or go do board games in a game cafe. Bonus points of I have any form of human connection and I’d allow myself to have a couple of beers, might even go by car limit my alcohol intake that way because no matter how much I’d love to drink too much, I’d never drink more than the legal limit when driving.
There’s just that hump, that threshold, the insecurity of the night going as I’d like it to.