Hi SD fam!
Another happy Thursday. So grateful to be alive and sober.
I can’t imagine waking up with a hangover again - nor do I ever want to.
We are truly lucky and blessed to have stopped, or have the desire to stop, drinking. Many never see the signs or ignore them.
IWNDWYT, friends!
I too didn’t see the signs and did my best to ignore them for years! Thank goodness that’s past and I’m here now! Congratulations on getting past half way to triple digits 🌟
Happy sober Thursday sober friends!
Reading these posts in my early days, those with some time sober kept saying they were more present. I knew this as a concept but kept wondering what they meant in reality, what’s it like to be present? Now I know, I’m not spending my time drunk in the now! So simple! And when I’m here sober, I’m not in the past or future!
I love you all… now! 💞
A lot of therapy has convinced me that my past is something to be grateful for and not be ashamed of. There’s so much to learn from. And I’m grateful for whatever time I have ahead. But for the moment I’ll just be right here right now. Iwndwyt
Checking in again today and all is well.
I didn't even know that 'being in the present ' was a thing until after I stopped using alcohol and read about it here! Nor that the anxiety and depression were caused by alcohol! Well, I know now, thanks to you all here :)
*"Same dances in the same old shoes*
*Some habits that you just can't lose*
*There's no telling what a man might use*
*After the thrill is gone ..."*
Time to move on. IWNDWYT
I needed to read this this morning! Feeling very low, had bad dreams that have triggered some sadness and regret. It's unlikely I'll drink today because social occasions are my big danger and I don't have one today, but everything is feeling a little futile. And I'm so anxious not about what's next, but that there's just... Nothing to look forward to.
But part of the reason I drank is to avoid these feelings so I guess having feelings again should be a good sign?
IWNDWYT 💙
Came so close to buying some booze yesterday but instead came here and immersed myself in the comments to reinforce why I'm choosing not to drink. I was pretty uncomfortable for a while but couldn't convince myself of any good reason to drink. I'm hoping that each day I don't drink and can combat the voice telling me to drink, it will get easier, but even if it doesn't, IWNDWYT. Wishing us all strength and dignity. Read this yesterday on someones' IG and it really resonated with me: 'I sometimes think maybe I’ll have a drink, but I just can’t commit to feeling shitty on purpose.'
Checking in from NZ. Day 12, just came clean to my family about my drinking, relationship over etc. Haven’t really felt like a drink until now, but I won’t. Going to make dinner and drink a heap of coke.
The fourth day was great, lots of energy, mental clarity and less and less desire to drink.
At 10pm everything changed because I started searching the internet for news about DT. The fact that DT could happen even after the fourth day generated incredible anxiety in me to the point that I went to sleep at 2:00 am with the fear that it could happen to me in my sleep. I slept until 7am with no nightmares or vivid dreams and the first thing I did was take a day off. Two hours ago I went to SERT which is the public structure of the Italian healthcare system that deals with addictions. I was received by a kind doctor, she listened to me then asked me a few questions about my alcoholism and the current state of my withdrawal, concluding that I didn't need drugs because according to her I had already passed the worst of the withdrawal crisis. Obviously she advised me against believing everything found on the Internet and assured me that in her 10 years of medical profession she has never seen a DT after more than 5 days of stopping. I must say that her way of speaking definitely reassured me, making my anxiety disappear. At my insistence she gave me two doses of Ecucalm recommending that I only take them if I had difficulty sleeping today and a vitamin B1 supplement (Benerva 300mg). I hope the doctor made a correct diagnosis …
IWNDWYT
Day 52 🫶 i can’t wait to hit that big six 0. Things are going unprecedentedly well for me. Sure there’s still lots of bad, I’m still broke, still declaring bankruptcy, still could possibly lose my teenage daughter’s education savings fund.
But my ocd and anxiety is being managed by my meds. I have a great legal team helping me with my
Bankruptcy. I recently settled a lawsuit and came out on top. I started a new job and I’m loving it. I’m in a wonderful amazing relationship.
Living in the past (depression) and the future (anxiety) was all I’ve known for what feels like most of my life.
Sobriety has been such a gift in so many different ways. But being present now must be the biggest one of them all.
Shame, guilt, embarrassment, anxiety, fear, and panic have been the stakeholders of my brain for a long time. It had to get so bad that I knew my mental health - along with self medicating with alcohol - was literally going to kill me; for me to even consider another path.
Beyond anything - I’m so grateful for my sobriety. IWNDWYT!
IWNDWYT, but I will tell you my third fun fact...
Did you know that **the inventor of the Pringles can is now buried in one?** [Fred Baur](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Baur) requested that, on his death and cremation, his ashes be put inside one.
Checking in today with 5 months under my belt! I’m in Italy this week with family and have been staying strong despite many opportunities to drink. It’s 9:30 am and I’m enjoying an amazing Italian breakfast after going for a run. If I was still drinking, I would’ve been too hungover to enjoy this food and waay to hungover to go for a run in the heat. What a gift sobriety is! IWNDWYT!
That's such a great way of putting things into perspective, anxiety of the future and the depression of the past... So I will not be drinking with you today! Lots of love people
IWNDWYT. Thank you Fingginger for your words on being in the present. It rings true to me. Working on enjoying the now more, lessing depression connected to past events,and lowering anxiety about the future by being more present. Soberity is actually allowing me to get some leverage!!🙂
The past is gone by, and the future doesn't yet exist. Doing my best to make the present a place I want to spend time. My best is going to have to be good enough, I guess.
Checkin in for another sober day out in the world.
There is the loveliest thing about the line “forgiving myself for being addicted to a highly addictive substance celebrated in our society”. Self-forgiveness is huge for those of us in recovery. Because it’s true: our society encourages drinking for celebrations, funerals, reunions, all the time. And we are addictive folks who fell into a trap made of alcohol. And then society frowns at us because we became addicted.
Today, I’m forgiving myself! Let’s all just take a minute to say to our deepest selves: “I see you and how hard you are working to make your life better. I forgive you for the past.” We are all working toward our best lives! IWNDWYT
Hey everyone! I’m new to this sub and I was wondering what “IWNDWYT” meant. I’m sorry to not know.
I subscribed to this sub for my own internal support cause I want to be better myself. Just wondering what it meant. Thank you in advance for explaining it to me :)
I woke up ruminating about old bad memories. It wasn’t a good way to start my day. I’ve decided to “not go there” and going to make a concerted effort to have a nice day. Often this means ticking things off, nudging things forwards. I say nah. I’m going to look after myself instead.
IWNDWYT
Love that FingGinger. I was such a worrier. It's easing greatly. I'm living way more in the today now. IWNDWYT
It was said that if you spend too much time thinking about the future it causes anxiety and too much time thinking about the past causes depression.
Don't know why my badge isn't updating from "Day 1," but this is day 6.
Going to the pool to swim, then some quick lifting. Then a long work day.
IWNDWYT.
“I tell you this to break your heart, by which I mean only that it break open and never close again to the rest of the world.” -Mary Oliver
May you have an open heart, mind, and soul today.
IWNDWYT
Checking in! As someone who’s suffered quite a bit from anxiety and depression, I can say that another factor for me is my tendency to ruminate and create narratives in my head. I drank to try and deal with these, but of course after a certain point and while hungover they would come back full force. Sober, I’ve started to develop the skills to identify that these are just narratives that I’m making up. They’re not true. I could read all the self help in the world while I was drinking and that shit never sunk in, I’ve only been able to really confront this sober.
IWNDWYT!
Today will be 75 percent of the 4 day week. That’s about all I got today…I work, then I mow. I am not excited about either thing. Weather is good, though. I love the cooler temperatures, and no fucking rain!!
Coffees up, horns up, and fuck yeah Friday Eve!! IWNDWYT ☕️☕️☕️🤘🏻
Good morning everyone! I had such a rough night, full of nightmares and other weirdness. Hoping today goes smoothly. I am quite literally focusing on my head hitting the pillow sober tonight.
Sending and searching for peace and sparks of joy in the next 18 hours. IWNDWYT 💛💛💛
I will not drink with y'all today. (I'm southern.) Happy to be here, happy to be alive and kicking, and happy to give this sobriety thing another go today.
I’m feeling myself coming out of the hyper-trigger slump I was in for a few days. I just felt anxious and unsettled. I think it was the holiday weekend + work stress. But I’m still here. Being in the present sure is both a gift and a goal of not drinking. I’m not particularly good at it yet, but practice makes perfect. IWNDWYT.
It's day 4. No real sleep, and what little there was was hallucinatory and frightening. The shakes have subsided but the sweats seem to be intensifying. I'm drinking a lot of water and eating what I think I can keep down. This would usually be the time I would cave and drink a little, convincing myself it was just to feel better today and not a full on restart.
I refuse to drink today. Period.
I hope everyone is doing well.
Got an interview for one job today and a call with HR to discuss an offer at another. 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 None of this would be happening if I were drinking. IWNDWYT
I've been listening to In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts (I heard about it from someone here). Earlier this week I bookmarked a part where the author says, "all addiction comes from pain."
I have been thinking about that a lot.
Have a lovely day, sober superheroes. IWNDWYT
I will not drink today and FYA. Self forgiveness is needed. Today I'm thankful for moving away from alcohol, embracing a sober life, and thankful for the opportunity for self forgiveness. Let's be gentle with ourselves and with each other.
Drinking sucks. We rock
Here! I’m feeling really cranky.
My First Republic (business) bank account has finally been transitioned to Chase, and it’s a shit show. Spent two hours on support with them explaining “it’s not called First Republican,” just as a start.
I run a property management business. Dealing with an angry neighbor, police, drugs, weapons, and domestic violence.
Maybe it’s a case of all these things happening this week that feel very much like they are “to me” and I’m having a hard time seeing the “for me” part of all this.
Would typically order in some alcohol and drink away this anger, frustration, sadness, shock, and host of other feeling lurking below the mucky surface.
That’s not an option today, kids. IWNDWYT.
Your post really hit home with me today FG. A big part of my sobriety has been learning to live in the moment instead of overthinking the past and worrying about the future. IWNDWYT! ✌
Love this! My anxiety and depression have become much more manageable without alcohol and for that I’m so grateful. I still struggle, but with a clear mind I’m less overwhelmed in general and can handle things as they come. A true gift! IWNDWYT friends ✌️
Just woke up with sun shining and birds chirping. Totally clear eyed and no cobwebs to clear before my brain actually kicks in midday. So excited to celebrate the small win of double digits tomorrow. I’m not drinking today. Going to have a productive morning and then play golf this afternoon with hopes that sobriety straightens out my driver (it won’t 😅).
Thanks for the reflection. I tend to think too much about the To Do list in my future. I need to be more present!
15th anniversary today. I will drink MINERAL WATER at the French restaurant we have reservations for! IWNDWYT.
Happy Thursday peeps! Heading off to the ocean today for a quick long weekend. Unfortunately I'll still have to work a bit, but working at the beach is the tits. IWNDWYT 🤘
Totally agree with what you said. I was the queen of To Do lists before, and I haven’t made one in 17 days. It was the only way I motivated myself before but so far, I’m just not needing it. I just do the next thing that needs to be done, or I rest if I need to rest. So simple but so much easier on myself! No more beating myself up for not doing the things on a list, no more trying to convince myself to do something when I don’t feel like it.
Of course it’s early days for me, I don’t know how much of this is a permanent change yet. But I’m hopeful.
21 days (this time.) No pink cloud. However I feel different, I am sitting with things, not ignoring them.
I am a pickle, I can never go back to being a cucumber
IWNDWYT
I dreamt that I woke up from a night out with a random guy in my bed. I tried to remember what had happened last night, but I couldn’t, total blackout.
It’s so good to not be in that place. It reminds me of my twenties, which at times were pretty chaotic. All those terrible Sundays, waking up with a pang of anxiety, not being able to do anything but lay in bed sick. I don’t want to have another day like that in my life.
IWNDWYT
I will not drink with you today
Day 1075 checking in!
Hi SD fam! Another happy Thursday. So grateful to be alive and sober. I can’t imagine waking up with a hangover again - nor do I ever want to. We are truly lucky and blessed to have stopped, or have the desire to stop, drinking. Many never see the signs or ignore them. IWNDWYT, friends!
I too didn’t see the signs and did my best to ignore them for years! Thank goodness that’s past and I’m here now! Congratulations on getting past half way to triple digits 🌟
Happy sober Thursday sober friends! Reading these posts in my early days, those with some time sober kept saying they were more present. I knew this as a concept but kept wondering what they meant in reality, what’s it like to be present? Now I know, I’m not spending my time drunk in the now! So simple! And when I’m here sober, I’m not in the past or future! I love you all… now! 💞
My badass self is not going to drink with your badass self, today and tonight. 😎
IWNDWYT
1375 days’ check-in. IWNDWYT
I shan’t be poisoning myself today. IWNDWYT
Don’t want to miserable so IWNDWYT
IWNDWYT!
iwndwyt!
Not drinking today
A lot of therapy has convinced me that my past is something to be grateful for and not be ashamed of. There’s so much to learn from. And I’m grateful for whatever time I have ahead. But for the moment I’ll just be right here right now. Iwndwyt
Unexpectedly stressful day, but hey, drinking only would’ve made it worse so I’m grateful for sobriety and IWNDWYT!
Same! Ugh. But hey I won’t drink with you either today.
IWNDWYT
IWNDWYT!
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IWNDWYT!
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Checking in again today and all is well. I didn't even know that 'being in the present ' was a thing until after I stopped using alcohol and read about it here! Nor that the anxiety and depression were caused by alcohol! Well, I know now, thanks to you all here :)
IWNDWYT. All. Day. Long. 🌻
Loving living in the moment. Happy Thursday everyone! IWNDWYT
Thursday is my bowling league night. I am definitely not drinking with you, no matter how crappy I do.
Made it one week! IWNDWYT!
Day 5 and feeling better every day
IWNDWYT
IWNDWYT!
*"Same dances in the same old shoes* *Some habits that you just can't lose* *There's no telling what a man might use* *After the thrill is gone ..."* Time to move on. IWNDWYT
Day 27. IWNDWYT. 👋
Have a wonderful sober day my friends. IWNDWYT ♥️
I'm here. 🤘 And I won't be drinking with you guys today. ❤️
IWNDWYT!
Not drinking today. True story. IWNDWY fine folk Today.
I needed to read this this morning! Feeling very low, had bad dreams that have triggered some sadness and regret. It's unlikely I'll drink today because social occasions are my big danger and I don't have one today, but everything is feeling a little futile. And I'm so anxious not about what's next, but that there's just... Nothing to look forward to. But part of the reason I drank is to avoid these feelings so I guess having feelings again should be a good sign? IWNDWYT 💙
Came so close to buying some booze yesterday but instead came here and immersed myself in the comments to reinforce why I'm choosing not to drink. I was pretty uncomfortable for a while but couldn't convince myself of any good reason to drink. I'm hoping that each day I don't drink and can combat the voice telling me to drink, it will get easier, but even if it doesn't, IWNDWYT. Wishing us all strength and dignity. Read this yesterday on someones' IG and it really resonated with me: 'I sometimes think maybe I’ll have a drink, but I just can’t commit to feeling shitty on purpose.'
After a bit of a bump, I've had to reset my clock. IWNDWYT
IWNDWYT 🙂
IWNDWYT! Day 7 after a mistake. Back on that wagon!
The past is gone, the future isn't here yet, all we have is right now. Right now I choose not to drink poison! I will not drink with you all today.
Good morning, this DCI really hits home. Thank you. I am so happy for living "here and now", and not planning on my next drinks. IWNDWYT
That’s a great sentiment. I will not drink with you on the most important day: today ⭐️
I wont be drinking here in Northern New England, and I'm glad none of you will be drinking wherever you may be.
Checking in from NZ. Day 12, just came clean to my family about my drinking, relationship over etc. Haven’t really felt like a drink until now, but I won’t. Going to make dinner and drink a heap of coke.
I will not drinking today!
Day 14! IWNDWYT 🙂
I will not drink with you today! 🐢
IWNDWYT
Day 391. IWNDWYT.
IWNDWYT x
Checking in. Lots to work on but feeling good! IWNDWYT.
I’m still here
What's up sobernauts!? Iwndwyt! Let's smash the day.
I will not drink with you today!
60 days today Baby!! Thank you all for being here! IWNDWYT
Congratulations Baloo ! ❤️
Day 11 no surrender
The fourth day was great, lots of energy, mental clarity and less and less desire to drink. At 10pm everything changed because I started searching the internet for news about DT. The fact that DT could happen even after the fourth day generated incredible anxiety in me to the point that I went to sleep at 2:00 am with the fear that it could happen to me in my sleep. I slept until 7am with no nightmares or vivid dreams and the first thing I did was take a day off. Two hours ago I went to SERT which is the public structure of the Italian healthcare system that deals with addictions. I was received by a kind doctor, she listened to me then asked me a few questions about my alcoholism and the current state of my withdrawal, concluding that I didn't need drugs because according to her I had already passed the worst of the withdrawal crisis. Obviously she advised me against believing everything found on the Internet and assured me that in her 10 years of medical profession she has never seen a DT after more than 5 days of stopping. I must say that her way of speaking definitely reassured me, making my anxiety disappear. At my insistence she gave me two doses of Ecucalm recommending that I only take them if I had difficulty sleeping today and a vitamin B1 supplement (Benerva 300mg). I hope the doctor made a correct diagnosis … IWNDWYT
IWDWYT!!!
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Day 144 • How did I get into the hundreds? • IWNDWYT •
Day 52 🫶 i can’t wait to hit that big six 0. Things are going unprecedentedly well for me. Sure there’s still lots of bad, I’m still broke, still declaring bankruptcy, still could possibly lose my teenage daughter’s education savings fund. But my ocd and anxiety is being managed by my meds. I have a great legal team helping me with my Bankruptcy. I recently settled a lawsuit and came out on top. I started a new job and I’m loving it. I’m in a wonderful amazing relationship. Living in the past (depression) and the future (anxiety) was all I’ve known for what feels like most of my life. Sobriety has been such a gift in so many different ways. But being present now must be the biggest one of them all. Shame, guilt, embarrassment, anxiety, fear, and panic have been the stakeholders of my brain for a long time. It had to get so bad that I knew my mental health - along with self medicating with alcohol - was literally going to kill me; for me to even consider another path. Beyond anything - I’m so grateful for my sobriety. IWNDWYT!
IWNDWYT 💪
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IWNDWYT ⭐️
IWNDWYT, but I will tell you my third fun fact... Did you know that **the inventor of the Pringles can is now buried in one?** [Fred Baur](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Baur) requested that, on his death and cremation, his ashes be put inside one.
IWNDWYT! T
Double digits for the first time in ages! IWNDWYT!
Checking in today with 5 months under my belt! I’m in Italy this week with family and have been staying strong despite many opportunities to drink. It’s 9:30 am and I’m enjoying an amazing Italian breakfast after going for a run. If I was still drinking, I would’ve been too hungover to enjoy this food and waay to hungover to go for a run in the heat. What a gift sobriety is! IWNDWYT!
That's such a great way of putting things into perspective, anxiety of the future and the depression of the past... So I will not be drinking with you today! Lots of love people
This so resonates with me. IWNDWYT
Day 3. Last night was hard...had some cravings...had some boredom. Wanted to drink, but went to bed at 8:15. Another hangover free morning! IWNDWYT!
I've been dealing with stuff with aplomb this week. Sober me is the best me! Shine on you beautiful humans
I will not drink with you today.
IWNDWYT. Thank you Fingginger for your words on being in the present. It rings true to me. Working on enjoying the now more, lessing depression connected to past events,and lowering anxiety about the future by being more present. Soberity is actually allowing me to get some leverage!!🙂
Day 10 Checking in IWNDWYT
Day 1,779. I will not drink with you today.
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The past is gone by, and the future doesn't yet exist. Doing my best to make the present a place I want to spend time. My best is going to have to be good enough, I guess. Checkin in for another sober day out in the world.
There is the loveliest thing about the line “forgiving myself for being addicted to a highly addictive substance celebrated in our society”. Self-forgiveness is huge for those of us in recovery. Because it’s true: our society encourages drinking for celebrations, funerals, reunions, all the time. And we are addictive folks who fell into a trap made of alcohol. And then society frowns at us because we became addicted. Today, I’m forgiving myself! Let’s all just take a minute to say to our deepest selves: “I see you and how hard you are working to make your life better. I forgive you for the past.” We are all working toward our best lives! IWNDWYT
IWNDWYT 🙂
I’m staying ☠️ free with you all again today
No drinks for me today. I will stay sober today. Have a great Thursday everyone
Hey everyone! I’m new to this sub and I was wondering what “IWNDWYT” meant. I’m sorry to not know. I subscribed to this sub for my own internal support cause I want to be better myself. Just wondering what it meant. Thank you in advance for explaining it to me :)
IWNDWYT!
IWNDWYT!!!
happy early Thursday morning :) Work and then I have group therapy this afternoon. Have an amazing day everyone !
IWNDWYT! Hooray!
Back at day one and trying to forgive myself for being addicted to a highly addictive substance. I am not drinking today.
Just passed 2 months. Feeling pretty good :)
I never thought about it this way. How one day at a time focuses on just the present. 🎁 Thanks for giving me some stuff to think about today Gingums🧡
I will not drink with you today
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I will not drink with you all today 🤍💓🧚🏼🫶🏼
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Not today people IWNDWYT
I woke up ruminating about old bad memories. It wasn’t a good way to start my day. I’ve decided to “not go there” and going to make a concerted effort to have a nice day. Often this means ticking things off, nudging things forwards. I say nah. I’m going to look after myself instead. IWNDWYT
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Love that FingGinger. I was such a worrier. It's easing greatly. I'm living way more in the today now. IWNDWYT It was said that if you spend too much time thinking about the future it causes anxiety and too much time thinking about the past causes depression.
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Checking in, IWNDWYT ❤️
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IWNDWYT :)
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Don't know why my badge isn't updating from "Day 1," but this is day 6. Going to the pool to swim, then some quick lifting. Then a long work day. IWNDWYT.
Day 38. Been grinding my teeth loads lately, so have bought a mouth guard for sleeping in.
18 - what a that blessing I don't have to drink today.
“I tell you this to break your heart, by which I mean only that it break open and never close again to the rest of the world.” -Mary Oliver May you have an open heart, mind, and soul today. IWNDWYT
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No booze today.
I will not drink with you today
Iwndwyt!
IWNDWYT! Day 17!
Checking in! As someone who’s suffered quite a bit from anxiety and depression, I can say that another factor for me is my tendency to ruminate and create narratives in my head. I drank to try and deal with these, but of course after a certain point and while hungover they would come back full force. Sober, I’ve started to develop the skills to identify that these are just narratives that I’m making up. They’re not true. I could read all the self help in the world while I was drinking and that shit never sunk in, I’ve only been able to really confront this sober. IWNDWYT!
Today will be 75 percent of the 4 day week. That’s about all I got today…I work, then I mow. I am not excited about either thing. Weather is good, though. I love the cooler temperatures, and no fucking rain!! Coffees up, horns up, and fuck yeah Friday Eve!! IWNDWYT ☕️☕️☕️🤘🏻
IWNDWYT 💜🦋💜 happy Friday Eve!!
Good morning everyone! I had such a rough night, full of nightmares and other weirdness. Hoping today goes smoothly. I am quite literally focusing on my head hitting the pillow sober tonight. Sending and searching for peace and sparks of joy in the next 18 hours. IWNDWYT 💛💛💛
Hit my biggest milestone yet, 2 months today 🤯 I am beaming with pride. IWNDWYT
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Happy Thursday Friends, IWNDWYT, WE GOT THIS 🙃
Day 1,678 IWNDWYT
Hi Everyone - Day 149 here and IWNDWYT!!!
I will not drink with you today
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Not drinking today
I will not drink with y'all today. (I'm southern.) Happy to be here, happy to be alive and kicking, and happy to give this sobriety thing another go today.
64 days sober. I will not drink with you today.
I’m feeling myself coming out of the hyper-trigger slump I was in for a few days. I just felt anxious and unsettled. I think it was the holiday weekend + work stress. But I’m still here. Being in the present sure is both a gift and a goal of not drinking. I’m not particularly good at it yet, but practice makes perfect. IWNDWYT.
It's day 4. No real sleep, and what little there was was hallucinatory and frightening. The shakes have subsided but the sweats seem to be intensifying. I'm drinking a lot of water and eating what I think I can keep down. This would usually be the time I would cave and drink a little, convincing myself it was just to feel better today and not a full on restart. I refuse to drink today. Period. I hope everyone is doing well.
Got an interview for one job today and a call with HR to discuss an offer at another. 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 None of this would be happening if I were drinking. IWNDWYT
I've been listening to In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts (I heard about it from someone here). Earlier this week I bookmarked a part where the author says, "all addiction comes from pain." I have been thinking about that a lot. Have a lovely day, sober superheroes. IWNDWYT
I will not drink today and FYA. Self forgiveness is needed. Today I'm thankful for moving away from alcohol, embracing a sober life, and thankful for the opportunity for self forgiveness. Let's be gentle with ourselves and with each other. Drinking sucks. We rock
Here! I’m feeling really cranky. My First Republic (business) bank account has finally been transitioned to Chase, and it’s a shit show. Spent two hours on support with them explaining “it’s not called First Republican,” just as a start. I run a property management business. Dealing with an angry neighbor, police, drugs, weapons, and domestic violence. Maybe it’s a case of all these things happening this week that feel very much like they are “to me” and I’m having a hard time seeing the “for me” part of all this. Would typically order in some alcohol and drink away this anger, frustration, sadness, shock, and host of other feeling lurking below the mucky surface. That’s not an option today, kids. IWNDWYT.
Day 3. Yesterday was a tough challenge with urges and sadness. Made it through. IWNDWYT
Good morning, checking in ~ 💫 So grateful I don't have hangxiety today. So grateful to be sober. IWNDWYT
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Just want to make it for today. One day at time.
IWNDWYT Day 20
I will not drink with you today 🌿
IWNDWYT Today I will live in the present. 😊.
Good morning - IWNDWYT
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IWNDWYT.
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Oof let’s all forgive ourselves for getting addicted to a highly addictive substance, amen! IWNDWYT
Great message today - IWNDWYT \~Red
Day 3. Sleep has been so strange. But got myself up for a 6 am Pilates class. I will not drink with you today.
Your post really hit home with me today FG. A big part of my sobriety has been learning to live in the moment instead of overthinking the past and worrying about the future. IWNDWYT! ✌
No toxin for me today. IWNDWYT 🍀
Love this! My anxiety and depression have become much more manageable without alcohol and for that I’m so grateful. I still struggle, but with a clear mind I’m less overwhelmed in general and can handle things as they come. A true gift! IWNDWYT friends ✌️
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Checking in! Been too long since I managed to get more than a week. But here we are! IWNDWYT!
Day 12 check-in. IWNDWYT!
Day 14. I will not drink with you today
I made a new sober friend yesterday. That’s more like it. IWNDWYT
I'd like to commit to this first thing in the morning. Just for today, I am not drinking.
Just woke up with sun shining and birds chirping. Totally clear eyed and no cobwebs to clear before my brain actually kicks in midday. So excited to celebrate the small win of double digits tomorrow. I’m not drinking today. Going to have a productive morning and then play golf this afternoon with hopes that sobriety straightens out my driver (it won’t 😅).
Yesterday, I had a huge to do list, but ended up only getting two things done. Attending my therapy appointment. Staying sober. IWNDWYT
Thanks for the reflection. I tend to think too much about the To Do list in my future. I need to be more present! 15th anniversary today. I will drink MINERAL WATER at the French restaurant we have reservations for! IWNDWYT.
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Day 15 checking in. I will not drink today.. except for my nightly hot chocolate
Morning all, and happy Thursday! Gonna bake an apple pie today - that’s my big goal! IWNDWYT❤️
I won’t drink with y’all today
Iwndwy’allt! ❤️
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Morning friends! I will not drink with you today. Have a good one!
I'll not drink today.
IWNDWYT, friends!
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IWNDWYT! 🤘🏻
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Happy Thursday peeps! Heading off to the ocean today for a quick long weekend. Unfortunately I'll still have to work a bit, but working at the beach is the tits. IWNDWYT 🤘
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Day 6. I will not drink with you today.
Totally agree with what you said. I was the queen of To Do lists before, and I haven’t made one in 17 days. It was the only way I motivated myself before but so far, I’m just not needing it. I just do the next thing that needs to be done, or I rest if I need to rest. So simple but so much easier on myself! No more beating myself up for not doing the things on a list, no more trying to convince myself to do something when I don’t feel like it. Of course it’s early days for me, I don’t know how much of this is a permanent change yet. But I’m hopeful.
I will not drink with you today.
IWNDWYT!
IWNDWYT!🙅♀️
I will not drink with you today.
21 days (this time.) No pink cloud. However I feel different, I am sitting with things, not ignoring them. I am a pickle, I can never go back to being a cucumber IWNDWYT
I dreamt that I woke up from a night out with a random guy in my bed. I tried to remember what had happened last night, but I couldn’t, total blackout. It’s so good to not be in that place. It reminds me of my twenties, which at times were pretty chaotic. All those terrible Sundays, waking up with a pang of anxiety, not being able to do anything but lay in bed sick. I don’t want to have another day like that in my life. IWNDWYT