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!

  • scott_anon_21@lemmy.caEnglish
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    25 days ago

    Good for you. Keep sticking with it. The sleep cycle and related energy does indeed work itself out based on my experience but as said, your system is recalibrating and balancing out. It takes a bit of time.

    For me, I am in my third month and while sleep became more restful towards the end of the first month, it is only in the past couple of weeks that I have been getting solid almost uninterrupted deep sleep. But it is feeling great. Everyone is different.

    I will try to dig up a link to a podcast on addiction that talks about this but what this particular researcher found was that journaling and self-talk about what you like about not drinking and what you don’t like about drinking (actually any form of addictive behaviour you are trying to change not just drinking) really helps to reinforce the positive direction you are heading in.

    IWNDWYT

    • Lucelu2@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      25 days ago

      Thank you for the suggestion on the journaling and self talk. Now that I think about it, that is kind of how I quit smoking many years ago. I focused on parts of it that bothered me. Soon after quitting… I became pregnant and almost every time I smelled tobacco smoke, it gave me nausea which was an excellent reinforcer.

      • scott_anon_21@lemmy.caEnglish
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        25 days ago

        I dug up the pod cast related to overcoming addiction. Podcast name: Hidden Brain. Episode name: The Curious Science of Cravings. They are interviewing psychiatrist Judson Brewer. It “aired” April 15, 2024. I believe he has written a book on his approach.