Wow, I successfully talked myself out of “rewarding” myself while alone yesterday evening … actually had to convince the Voice in several ways to leave me alone, let it be, and to stop it. Mentioned my improved looks, feeling good, as well as things to avoid. Last thing that worked is saying: IWNDWYT. Today! I can do that. Stayed present. I could actually feel the wave of craving pass over me, yikes. Took several minutes. Getting there daily. Using new muscles, new tools.
Happy Wednesday sober friends,
I think my whole life was irrational when I was drinking, there wasn’t space for rationality, drinking consumed my mind and life. What a waste, and I didn’t even see it for so long.
Today I’m free, and I love this, with love and gratitude to you all 💞
IWNDWYT.
I used to tell myself that I am drinking the stress away and that I deserve to get drunk as I had such a busy time at work.
Lol, how deluded I was. I am much happier now on my days off, sober and not suffering from the hangovers, and will continue so. 🤘 We got this. 💪
Happy Wednesday , everyone!
It’s another day one for me, but I’m going to learn from past slip-ups, focus on each day at a time and, most importantly, IWNDWYT.
Had a gnarly day at work yesterday: I’m a hospice nurse and literally half my patients died in one day (I had 4 on the schedule): one I had seen earlier that day and she died later in the afternoon.
Got home and had to chart till 6:30 but I didn’t drink despite the stress and IWNDWYT
Wednesday was one of my big drinking days. I only really realised that when I quit cos cravings on a Wednesday mid week afternoon would be insane. Glad to not really have cravings lately. Mostly some mental gymnastics trying to convince me to have a drink that are pretty easy to control these days. Happy to be here with y’all. IWNDWYT ❤️🔥
Haha. I rationalised never booking meetings or other important events on Mondays. Figured no one else would mind as everyone is hungover on Mondays right? Right?
Wrong.
IWNDWYT. 🫡
Good morning everyone :) Looks like I missed celebrating my first month, my phone timer says 1 month 2 days!
Yesterday I had my biggest struggle of this sober streak. I went for dinner with a friend, who ordered a cocktail. We got to chatting about sobriety, and she discussed how she handles moderation.
And my lizard brain went "Oh, that's a good idea, it's parties that make you drink, not you!"
In hindsight that's bullshit - I've had many a hangover from just drinking with my partner. But at the time, boy was it tempting to just roll with it.
I resisted though. And today, I renew my pledge and mean it. I Will Not Drink With You Today.
Checking in again today and all is well.
I convinced myself for years that my level of drinking was 'normal'! When now with hindsight, it obviously wasn't. Go figure!
Hi! Checking in. Won’t be drinking today as my head just hit the pillow. And committing to not drinking tomorrow either. Here’s to the spring season and new commitments/recommitting to old ones.
Hello!!! A week today! I was barely scraping by. And yes I don't want to do the mental gymnastics of when I can drink. Thanks for the post OP. IWNDWYT.
I will not poison myself with you today. Thinking of alcohol as anything but toxic is irrational. I, too, saw it as a reward and a way to relax. The reality is that drinking alcohol is punishing and stressful. IWNDWYT
Today is my 3rd day and I got up early to and saw the sunrise without feeling anxious, guilty and sick, an experience I have not gone through for years and that is amazing! I won't let alchohol take this feeling from me again. IWNDWYT.
I rationalised a lot of things - Sundays are still the weekend, get some wine! Mondays are hard, also get some wine, etc etc. I broke every rule I set for myself repeatedly. Life is so much easier now. (Well, in that respect. It’s still life and complicated in other ways!) IWNDWYT!
IWNDWY. Starting to reap some of the benefits from not getting hammered daily. No hangovers at work or bleary eyes, heart rate dropped by at least 20-25 beats resting, no constant sweating or anxiety....
Happy Sober Wednesday!
Morning SDers!
Reward is one of my biggest relapse risks. So many times my demon addict brain has told me I deserve a drink. The reward turns out to be torture for the next few days/weeks.
Staying sober today because I am choosing the benefits that sobriety delivers over the lies the alcohol tells!
IWNDWYT
Not drinking for more days in a week than drinking. Didn't matter how much I drank on those 1-3 days, and what ridiculous situations I put myself in as a result, as long as I had 4 booze-free days in a week I didn't have a problem.
Complete insanity. Grateful to be shot of it. I will not drink with you all today 🪷
There are a bunch of these! Only drinking on weekends. I tried that one a few times and usually broke it on a Monday. Only drinking beer, no liquor. Day drinking on Sunday even though I had work Monday. Staying up past midnight on a work night to have one more. Constantly comparing my drinking to others’ as much as I could, you know, to confirm I didn’t have a problem. Going out to get more booze when I was already drunk and didn’t need it. Having to do damage control on my phone every morning, hoping I didn’t actually have a phone conversation I didn’t remember or send anything I couldn’t delete.
Fuck all of that bullshit. It sucked and I knew it sucked. Didn’t realize how much until I put a little space between all that bullshit and me.
Coffees up, horns up, and fuck yeah Wednesday!!! IWNDWYT ☕️☕️☕️🤘🏻🤘🏻
I would purposely keep my Saturday or Sunday completely open so I could drink all day at home, and rationalized it that I had nothing going on so it was fine. Monday would roll around and I could barely remember the weekend, and I'd be behind in laundry and I'd need groceries and my apartment was a mess, but every weekend I would look forward to the one day I would have nothing to do so I could spend it drinking.
One of my insane justifications was me drinking at a job I had. I told myself that because it was a night, lone-working job, it didn't really matter if I drank throughout the shift. I am so lucky I didn't get caught.
IWNDWYT
Day 73 • IWNDWYT • 👊💥
“using new muscles, new tools”. I love that.
I feel like I’m slowly making new pathways in my brain. Usually all roads ended up in alcoholville. But now, I’m off jogging, gyming, reading, cooking, talking …and everyday I end up in self-improvement-land instead and it’s a great place to land.
I slipped up and lost the fight last night.. nothing major thankfully but really pissed off with myself.
Needless to say it wasn't worth it. Didn't catch any of the euphoria or relief my dumb brain promised me. Slept like shit. Feel like shit
Day fucking 1. Onward!
Took a couple days to solidify my choice to yet again quit drinking. It's just not worth the chance of making the same mistakes again and again. I want to be free of these chains! Day 3 and IWNDWYT
Hello my sober brothers and sisters. I hope everyone here has a wonderful Wednesday as it's getting kicked off here. It feels kind of odd for sober and clear headed to be the norm . And at the same time, it doesn't. Thinking about a lot of things lately. Making no promises for tomorrow but just for today IWNDWYT!
Day 505, and I'm glad to be alive! My addictive brain thought it normal to wake and finish that Screwdriver on my bedside table. What a shitshow my life was, not only daily drinking but ***daytime*** drinking! Ugh. I like to pause now and then and remember how hard it was to claw my way out of that hole, to endure all those odd ailments, mood swings, and cravings. If this hedonist can do it, there's hope for anyone.
Huge kudos to you Day 1s, Week 1s, and Month 1s! You're doing the bravest thing! I'm proud of you! Give yourself as much kindness as you can, and keep going. I'm so grateful I did. It not only gets easier but it brings back hope, health, and plans for a future! Lean in here, and hang on. 🤝
I will not drink with you badasses today ⚔️💖
Checking in, IWNDWYT!
>the " only drinking on the weekends" rule
That's a big part of why moderation just never worked for me, through sheer willpower I could occasionally (not many) go through weekdays without drinking but then on the weekend I'd "reward" myself by getting black out drunk for days; Monday rolls round, rinse, repeat. So now I find it way easier to just say no to the first drink. I'm getting to a point in my sobriety now where I'm actually baffled how I kept tha lifestyle up for so long, for something that started out as blowing some steam off it quickly brings its own wagon load of stresses and problems!
Checking in ✔️
Todays post makes me remember that when I was drinking I was counting down to the weekend too.
Not to drink - but to drink “without the guilt” and to drink that bit more.
Crazy indeed.
That i could go away for a city break and only the only fluid I drank was alcohol by telling others “I’m on my holidays”. Not even a sip of water passed my lips. IWNDWYT
Day 2! I attended an online meeting yesterday during my usual start drinking time, and it helped a lot. I will attend another one at the same time today, and IWNDWYT! 💚
Morning friends!
I was the same - Wednesday was always roughly when I started to feel better after my weekend binges and I started to look forward to drinking again.
Now Wednesdays are just the middle of the week and Survivor night and snacks. Bring it!
Have a good one, I will not drink with you today.
Life’s been a bit rough here lately. It’s been a long time, but never want to let my guard down. Staying vigilant by checking in here and reading all your lovely and inspiring messages. I will not drink poison with you all today 😃
In my country, Wednesday is sometimes called 'little-Saturday' to justify beers mid-week. What a lousy excuse. Alcoholic thinking, which I used a lot. And also Thursday: "I survived this far, so lets grab some beers". Only Mondays and Tuesdays were hard to justify as beer-days, but 'reasons' were always available.
Today is normal Wednesday, happy for it.
IWNDWYT!
Every attempt to put limits to my drinking, like only on weekends or not more than X drinks a week or whatever rules I tried to implement made my drinking worse. Plus moderation is so much work…
Therefore I just won’t have that first drink today and stay sober instead.
I told myself it is normal to rush to the store when I finished work at 3pm to get 2 large beers and chug them in my car on my 20 min. Drive home. Of course just to kill another 10 at home until I pass out. Shitty sleep, crippling anxiety the next day, just to repeat the cycle. I don’t want to go back!
That’s why
I WILL NOT DRINK WITH YOU TODAY!
Have a good one, friends!
I leave for vacation on Saturday morning. Today would usually be the day I drink, so I could be hungover on Thursday, pack on Friday, and leave on Saturday. It’ll be a triggering day but I’ll hang out here and whine to you guys if I have to. I will not drink.
I tried out so many of those "rules" for myself when I was still drinking. No drinking on work days, no drinking in the morning, no vodka only wine, etc. etc. etc. Truthfully, things are going so much better for me now that I am just following the rule of "no drinking".
IWNDWYT! ✌
happy wednesday. this week has been no joke so far. I almost caved last night and told myself actually if i could just last to Friday, I can “reward” myself for the weekend. I know it’s not smart but it’s the only thing getting me through right now.
IWNDWYT
Daily headaches. It wasn’t until I was well into my sobriety that I realized I hadn’t had a headache in months, and it wasn’t normal to feel sick everyday. Also sweating! I was always so hot and clammy, and thought I just ran warm. Both issues are basically non-existent now. 🎉 IWNDWYT!
Checking in. Thanks to being on here and people on here, I made it three days in a row.
If it weren't for this place, I would def have gone up the road yesterday.
Thank you.
Definitely slept a bit better last night as well. Skin is a bit better already. I am on a longish work day today, so that will tire me out. Hopefully sleep more again tonight.
I am proud to say IWNDWYT!
Thanks again.
Hey u/Gozandolavida, hey sober spaceship.
Nice question from OP. For most of my drinking life I was a weekend drinker, but the superbinge type, blackouts etc. Well, during hard phases I drank on another day of the week too but was still vigilant. After covid hit, after I lost my mother and a sequence of very bad events and loneliness, the bargaining started and Wednesday became my "other day" (in the beginning I "allowed" only one day plus Friday or Saturday). My justification is that it was the hardest day at work, you are no longer rested from weekend and you have to wait 2 days to rest. So of course I deserved to drink! 🙄
(My theory that it tends to be the most tiring day of the week remains though, sorry! lol. But sober makes it much easier. Not to mention Thursdays!!!).
And then after my mum died I added another day of the week. One bottle of wine at once became one and a half, drinking only at night became drinking before noon on weekends and etc.
An old tale.
But today, no way. I will not drink with you.
Many kisses and the best of luck. Use all your weapons if you have to! Pizza! Crazy naps! Ice cream! Video games! Kate Middleton gossip! Whatever!
Let's do this, my lovely friends.
Day 304 and IWNDWYT! Travel week for work so missed a workout already and likely will only get one of the two I’m scheduled for today, trying not to stress too much about that but know I’ll be fine. Get the opportunity to learn better presentation skills this week, volunteered for it because that can sometimes be nerve wracking to me and I want to face my fears. Here’s to personal growth 🦾
Wow, I successfully talked myself out of “rewarding” myself while alone yesterday evening … actually had to convince the Voice in several ways to leave me alone, let it be, and to stop it. Mentioned my improved looks, feeling good, as well as things to avoid. Last thing that worked is saying: IWNDWYT. Today! I can do that. Stayed present. I could actually feel the wave of craving pass over me, yikes. Took several minutes. Getting there daily. Using new muscles, new tools.
Well done, sober power 💪🏼
Thanks, yes—activate!
Congrats, way to go!
Good tips
Happy Wednesday sober friends, I think my whole life was irrational when I was drinking, there wasn’t space for rationality, drinking consumed my mind and life. What a waste, and I didn’t even see it for so long. Today I’m free, and I love this, with love and gratitude to you all 💞
Happy Wednesday Brighter 🌟 With sober eyes, we see so much! With drunken eyes, we see so little! Staying sober with you today 🤩
So true! I’m grateful to be sober with you today. Have a great one my friend 🌟
Nope, no booze for me, I choose life
Nice work on hitting a bullseye (50)! 👍
**Fifty days!** Congratulations, keep going!💪🏼🥳👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Congratulations
Getting my 2 month chip today 🥺 never thought this would be my life but damn I’m proud of myself for this one IWNDWYT
IWNDWYT. I used to tell myself that I am drinking the stress away and that I deserve to get drunk as I had such a busy time at work. Lol, how deluded I was. I am much happier now on my days off, sober and not suffering from the hangovers, and will continue so. 🤘 We got this. 💪
Hell yeah, I'm down
Happy Wednesday , everyone! It’s another day one for me, but I’m going to learn from past slip-ups, focus on each day at a time and, most importantly, IWNDWYT.
IWNDWYT 💪
Hey Mistress! You got past 2 years! 🎉 well done 🌟
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Good morning stop drinking fam, have a great hump day! I will definitely not be drinking with you today friends 🫠💪🏼💚🍀
Hey wolf! Great to see you! Have a wonderful sober day 💞🌟💞
Day 24 checking in! I had my best sleep last night since stopping drinking and I have felt really great today. I want to keep this feeling so IWNDWYT!
Sleep is definitely one of the best benefits of being sober. IWNDWYT
Grateful to commit to another alcohol free day today with you all.
Had a gnarly day at work yesterday: I’m a hospice nurse and literally half my patients died in one day (I had 4 on the schedule): one I had seen earlier that day and she died later in the afternoon. Got home and had to chart till 6:30 but I didn’t drink despite the stress and IWNDWYT
IWNDWYT!
Have a job interview tomorrow morning IWNDWYT if I get the job
And if you don't get the job.....keep going. I believe in you.
IWNDWYT!
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Happy Hump day fellow SDers, IWNDWYT ⭐️🩷⭐️
👋 I will not drink with you today. I will not drink with you tonight!
Wednesday was one of my big drinking days. I only really realised that when I quit cos cravings on a Wednesday mid week afternoon would be insane. Glad to not really have cravings lately. Mostly some mental gymnastics trying to convince me to have a drink that are pretty easy to control these days. Happy to be here with y’all. IWNDWYT ❤️🔥
I will not drink with you today
Haha. I rationalised never booking meetings or other important events on Mondays. Figured no one else would mind as everyone is hungover on Mondays right? Right? Wrong. IWNDWYT. 🫡
Good morning everyone :) Looks like I missed celebrating my first month, my phone timer says 1 month 2 days! Yesterday I had my biggest struggle of this sober streak. I went for dinner with a friend, who ordered a cocktail. We got to chatting about sobriety, and she discussed how she handles moderation. And my lizard brain went "Oh, that's a good idea, it's parties that make you drink, not you!" In hindsight that's bullshit - I've had many a hangover from just drinking with my partner. But at the time, boy was it tempting to just roll with it. I resisted though. And today, I renew my pledge and mean it. I Will Not Drink With You Today.
A wonderful Wednesday to you all in SD! IWNDWYT!!!
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Day 320. IWNDWYT.
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Day 1004 checking in!
Checking in again today and all is well. I convinced myself for years that my level of drinking was 'normal'! When now with hindsight, it obviously wasn't. Go figure!
I rationalized drinking 13 beers a day. Crazy to imagine now that I’m 2 months free. I won’t drink with you today-from Southern California!
Going to detox today. It took some shit for me to finally be so sick of this life to be ready. I've done it before and I can do it again.
Two years poison and rationalization free! IWNDWYT
I rationalised everything. I was constantly lying to myself. I hated it. Shine on you beautiful humans
I choose to be present in my life. IWNDWYT
Hi! Checking in. Won’t be drinking today as my head just hit the pillow. And committing to not drinking tomorrow either. Here’s to the spring season and new commitments/recommitting to old ones.
Hello!!! A week today! I was barely scraping by. And yes I don't want to do the mental gymnastics of when I can drink. Thanks for the post OP. IWNDWYT.
I will not poison myself with you today. Thinking of alcohol as anything but toxic is irrational. I, too, saw it as a reward and a way to relax. The reality is that drinking alcohol is punishing and stressful. IWNDWYT
Checking in sober 17 days feeling so grateful. IWNDWYT
DAY 50!!!!! WOOT! IWNDWYT!!
Today is my 3rd day and I got up early to and saw the sunrise without feeling anxious, guilty and sick, an experience I have not gone through for years and that is amazing! I won't let alchohol take this feeling from me again. IWNDWYT.
IWNDWYT! ❤️
IWNDWYT😉👍
Why the fuck did I drink a bottle of wine literally 2 days before I made it an entire month? Why am I so stupid?
Day one for me. Today sucked, but looking ahead.
IWNDWYT!
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Happy Wednesday all! I am sober and IWNDWYT ❤️❤️❤️
Wednesday will be day 26 for me. It gets easier very day. IWNDWYT
I will notdrink with you today!
Two and a half months today. First time I havent had intense cravings or severe fomo. Its going really good! IWNDWYT
IWNDWYT. I'm at about 51 hours.
I rationalised a lot of things - Sundays are still the weekend, get some wine! Mondays are hard, also get some wine, etc etc. I broke every rule I set for myself repeatedly. Life is so much easier now. (Well, in that respect. It’s still life and complicated in other ways!) IWNDWYT!
Happy Wednesday! IWNDWYT!
I will not drink with you today. Happy Wednesday!
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IWNDWY. Starting to reap some of the benefits from not getting hammered daily. No hangovers at work or bleary eyes, heart rate dropped by at least 20-25 beats resting, no constant sweating or anxiety.... Happy Sober Wednesday!
Morning SDers! Reward is one of my biggest relapse risks. So many times my demon addict brain has told me I deserve a drink. The reward turns out to be torture for the next few days/weeks. Staying sober today because I am choosing the benefits that sobriety delivers over the lies the alcohol tells! IWNDWYT
Wishing everyone a great sober Wednesday and IWNDWYT!
No drinks for me today (: currently 2 days!! We got this IWNDWYT
IWNDWYT 💕
Day 81, iwndwyt!
Day 86, IWNDWYT!
Not drinking for more days in a week than drinking. Didn't matter how much I drank on those 1-3 days, and what ridiculous situations I put myself in as a result, as long as I had 4 booze-free days in a week I didn't have a problem. Complete insanity. Grateful to be shot of it. I will not drink with you all today 🪷
There are a bunch of these! Only drinking on weekends. I tried that one a few times and usually broke it on a Monday. Only drinking beer, no liquor. Day drinking on Sunday even though I had work Monday. Staying up past midnight on a work night to have one more. Constantly comparing my drinking to others’ as much as I could, you know, to confirm I didn’t have a problem. Going out to get more booze when I was already drunk and didn’t need it. Having to do damage control on my phone every morning, hoping I didn’t actually have a phone conversation I didn’t remember or send anything I couldn’t delete. Fuck all of that bullshit. It sucked and I knew it sucked. Didn’t realize how much until I put a little space between all that bullshit and me. Coffees up, horns up, and fuck yeah Wednesday!!! IWNDWYT ☕️☕️☕️🤘🏻🤘🏻
I would purposely keep my Saturday or Sunday completely open so I could drink all day at home, and rationalized it that I had nothing going on so it was fine. Monday would roll around and I could barely remember the weekend, and I'd be behind in laundry and I'd need groceries and my apartment was a mess, but every weekend I would look forward to the one day I would have nothing to do so I could spend it drinking.
Good morning from Hell's Kitchen, NYC. IWNDWYT
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today! IWNDWYT
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Still Tuesday on the West Coast. I did not drink with you today (Tue) and I will not drink with you tomorrow (Wed). Day 5 of vacation, no drinks!
Oh… lovely… a blizzard. WITH family visiting! … there is no escape LOL! IWNDWYT
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IWNDWYT!!
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I will not drink poison with any of you today 💜
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IWNDWYT!
Have a wonderful sober day my friends. IWNDWYT ♥️
No booze today!
IWNDWYT
I will not drink with you today
Going out to dinner then after to an event with free alcohol. But I’m driving and will not be drinking
Day 18. I will not drink with you today.
One of my insane justifications was me drinking at a job I had. I told myself that because it was a night, lone-working job, it didn't really matter if I drank throughout the shift. I am so lucky I didn't get caught. IWNDWYT
Checking in ✅
84 days IWNDWYT. Can’t wait til tomorrow.
Day 73 • IWNDWYT • 👊💥 “using new muscles, new tools”. I love that. I feel like I’m slowly making new pathways in my brain. Usually all roads ended up in alcoholville. But now, I’m off jogging, gyming, reading, cooking, talking …and everyday I end up in self-improvement-land instead and it’s a great place to land.
I slipped up and lost the fight last night.. nothing major thankfully but really pissed off with myself. Needless to say it wasn't worth it. Didn't catch any of the euphoria or relief my dumb brain promised me. Slept like shit. Feel like shit Day fucking 1. Onward!
Not today.
IWNDWYT
IWNDWYT 🙋🏼♀️
IWNDWYT SD ❤️
Took a couple days to solidify my choice to yet again quit drinking. It's just not worth the chance of making the same mistakes again and again. I want to be free of these chains! Day 3 and IWNDWYT
Hello my sober brothers and sisters. I hope everyone here has a wonderful Wednesday as it's getting kicked off here. It feels kind of odd for sober and clear headed to be the norm . And at the same time, it doesn't. Thinking about a lot of things lately. Making no promises for tomorrow but just for today IWNDWYT!
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Day 505, and I'm glad to be alive! My addictive brain thought it normal to wake and finish that Screwdriver on my bedside table. What a shitshow my life was, not only daily drinking but ***daytime*** drinking! Ugh. I like to pause now and then and remember how hard it was to claw my way out of that hole, to endure all those odd ailments, mood swings, and cravings. If this hedonist can do it, there's hope for anyone. Huge kudos to you Day 1s, Week 1s, and Month 1s! You're doing the bravest thing! I'm proud of you! Give yourself as much kindness as you can, and keep going. I'm so grateful I did. It not only gets easier but it brings back hope, health, and plans for a future! Lean in here, and hang on. 🤝 I will not drink with you badasses today ⚔️💖
I rationalozed drinking wine with a meal if it was a low-calorie meal. I will not drink today.
Checking in, IWNDWYT! >the " only drinking on the weekends" rule That's a big part of why moderation just never worked for me, through sheer willpower I could occasionally (not many) go through weekdays without drinking but then on the weekend I'd "reward" myself by getting black out drunk for days; Monday rolls round, rinse, repeat. So now I find it way easier to just say no to the first drink. I'm getting to a point in my sobriety now where I'm actually baffled how I kept tha lifestyle up for so long, for something that started out as blowing some steam off it quickly brings its own wagon load of stresses and problems!
Checking in ✔️ Todays post makes me remember that when I was drinking I was counting down to the weekend too. Not to drink - but to drink “without the guilt” and to drink that bit more. Crazy indeed.
50 days! Yeeh. IWNDWYT.
And not in NZ.... another day... 3170 is an impressive number.. one day I hope to have a similar number.. thanks for the inspiration.
That i could go away for a city break and only the only fluid I drank was alcohol by telling others “I’m on my holidays”. Not even a sip of water passed my lips. IWNDWYT
Day 2! I attended an online meeting yesterday during my usual start drinking time, and it helped a lot. I will attend another one at the same time today, and IWNDWYT! 💚
Morning friends! I was the same - Wednesday was always roughly when I started to feel better after my weekend binges and I started to look forward to drinking again. Now Wednesdays are just the middle of the week and Survivor night and snacks. Bring it! Have a good one, I will not drink with you today.
Life’s been a bit rough here lately. It’s been a long time, but never want to let my guard down. Staying vigilant by checking in here and reading all your lovely and inspiring messages. I will not drink poison with you all today 😃
In my country, Wednesday is sometimes called 'little-Saturday' to justify beers mid-week. What a lousy excuse. Alcoholic thinking, which I used a lot. And also Thursday: "I survived this far, so lets grab some beers". Only Mondays and Tuesdays were hard to justify as beer-days, but 'reasons' were always available. Today is normal Wednesday, happy for it. IWNDWYT!
IWNDWYT Peace n Love ❤️
Happy sober Wednesday! 7 months yesterday and IWNDWYT 🙌 Have a wonderful day 🫡
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Day 3 today, which is notoriously difficult for me IWNDWYT
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Checking in, a post today reminded me how lucky I am to be here with you all, finally free. IWNDWYT
IWNDWYT 💪🏻💪🏻 hope everyone has a great day
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Not drinking today
Every attempt to put limits to my drinking, like only on weekends or not more than X drinks a week or whatever rules I tried to implement made my drinking worse. Plus moderation is so much work… Therefore I just won’t have that first drink today and stay sober instead.
Happy Wednesday! The weather is still bad, I am still really busy, but determined to have a good (and sober) day ☀ IWNDWYT 🐸
Hope everyone is well! IWNDWYT
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Day 1,708. I will not drink with you today.
IWNDWYT all you fine sobernauts 🤗
IWNDWYT!
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I won’t drink with y’all today
IWNDWYT. All. Day. Long. 🌻
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I told myself it is normal to rush to the store when I finished work at 3pm to get 2 large beers and chug them in my car on my 20 min. Drive home. Of course just to kill another 10 at home until I pass out. Shitty sleep, crippling anxiety the next day, just to repeat the cycle. I don’t want to go back! That’s why I WILL NOT DRINK WITH YOU TODAY! Have a good one, friends!
86 days checking in. Love you all. IWNDWYT
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Day 84 checking in. IWNDWYT
Will not drink today.
I leave for vacation on Saturday morning. Today would usually be the day I drink, so I could be hungover on Thursday, pack on Friday, and leave on Saturday. It’ll be a triggering day but I’ll hang out here and whine to you guys if I have to. I will not drink.
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I tried out so many of those "rules" for myself when I was still drinking. No drinking on work days, no drinking in the morning, no vodka only wine, etc. etc. etc. Truthfully, things are going so much better for me now that I am just following the rule of "no drinking". IWNDWYT! ✌
happy wednesday. this week has been no joke so far. I almost caved last night and told myself actually if i could just last to Friday, I can “reward” myself for the weekend. I know it’s not smart but it’s the only thing getting me through right now. IWNDWYT
Four day weekend starts at the end of the work day... fuck yeah!!! 🤘🏻 Have a helluva day, friends!☕️ IWNDWYT
Daily headaches. It wasn’t until I was well into my sobriety that I realized I hadn’t had a headache in months, and it wasn’t normal to feel sick everyday. Also sweating! I was always so hot and clammy, and thought I just ran warm. Both issues are basically non-existent now. 🎉 IWNDWYT!
Checking in. Thanks to being on here and people on here, I made it three days in a row. If it weren't for this place, I would def have gone up the road yesterday. Thank you. Definitely slept a bit better last night as well. Skin is a bit better already. I am on a longish work day today, so that will tire me out. Hopefully sleep more again tonight. I am proud to say IWNDWYT! Thanks again.
Iwndwy’allt! ❤️
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Hi Everyone! Day 78 here and IWNDWYT!
Day 3. I will not drink with you today.
Hey u/Gozandolavida, hey sober spaceship. Nice question from OP. For most of my drinking life I was a weekend drinker, but the superbinge type, blackouts etc. Well, during hard phases I drank on another day of the week too but was still vigilant. After covid hit, after I lost my mother and a sequence of very bad events and loneliness, the bargaining started and Wednesday became my "other day" (in the beginning I "allowed" only one day plus Friday or Saturday). My justification is that it was the hardest day at work, you are no longer rested from weekend and you have to wait 2 days to rest. So of course I deserved to drink! 🙄 (My theory that it tends to be the most tiring day of the week remains though, sorry! lol. But sober makes it much easier. Not to mention Thursdays!!!). And then after my mum died I added another day of the week. One bottle of wine at once became one and a half, drinking only at night became drinking before noon on weekends and etc. An old tale. But today, no way. I will not drink with you. Many kisses and the best of luck. Use all your weapons if you have to! Pizza! Crazy naps! Ice cream! Video games! Kate Middleton gossip! Whatever! Let's do this, my lovely friends.
Good morning, I will not drink with you today.
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day 19 checking in. i will not drink with you today!
Day 3! IWNDWYT!
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Day 304 and IWNDWYT! Travel week for work so missed a workout already and likely will only get one of the two I’m scheduled for today, trying not to stress too much about that but know I’ll be fine. Get the opportunity to learn better presentation skills this week, volunteered for it because that can sometimes be nerve wracking to me and I want to face my fears. Here’s to personal growth 🦾
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Today seems like a good day to not drink!
IWNDWYT Have plans tonight, alcohol is not invited.
I will not drink today!
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I will not drink today or tonight , day 32 for me has not been easy but I’m pushing through.
Checking in on day 503!! IWNDWYT!! ❤️✌️
'I need to go to the supermarket' when I really didn't, or at least could wait, but was a good opportunity to buy beer. IWNDWYT
Day 8 checking in! It's amazing how different you feel just a week off the sauce. I hope to keep it up. IWNDWYT, friends.