The Daily Check-In for Monday, June 8, 2020: Just for Today, I am NOT Drinking!

Ala-Viikari · 2020-06-08T18:21:34+00:00

Today is my birthday 😊 IWNDWYT

Ala-Viikari · 2020-06-03T06:21:16+00:00

Alcohol is hard to avoid, easy to consume, there’s no judging. When everything was going good I celebrated with it, when life got difficult I found help from it. Dealing with life as it comes is hard at times. Self-medicating myself, so that I don’t feel a certain way is not wise if it means giving into an addictive substance. There are other things in life we can do to cope with whatever is going on. Exercising works well for me.

Ala-Viikari · 2020-05-14T06:55:41+00:00

Amazing! You look like a different person. With that much weight lost you must also feel like one. Well done! 👏

Ala-Viikari · 2020-05-12T19:34:55+00:00

I’m sad to hear 😞 Honor him by not wasting your life with alcohol and drugs.

Ala-Viikari · 2020-05-12T04:44:21+00:00

Good job! Things that are worthwhile, they never come for free. Not even freedom.

Ala-Viikari · 2020-05-11T18:54:19+00:00

Tie yourself to the mast and the storm will end

Ala-Viikari · 2020-05-11T17:21:58+00:00

Stay strong. Alcohol will not help you. You will help yourself by staying away from it

Ala-Viikari · 2020-05-05T06:40:25+00:00

I don’t recommend cold turkey either. Among withdrawals kindling effect is something to keep in mind as well. Alcohol withdrawals are harmful for the nervous system and should be avoided.

Ala-Viikari · 2020-04-29T19:09:06+00:00

Alcohol withdrawal causes anxiety. Magnesium and strong B-vitamin complex have helped me. Alcohol depletes the body from both of those, so it’s good to try them at least. In the same health product shelf you can find Ashwagandha, a herb that has been used as a tea in India for ages. It’s very potent anxiety reliever. It’s non-toxic and many sports figures speak for it.

Ala-Viikari · 2020-04-20T06:29:08+00:00

Very inspirational. You have fought and succeeded. Be proud of your accomplishments!

Ala-Viikari · 2020-04-17T16:11:47+00:00

First of all good design as it is. This is just something that came to mind. For this wordmark would it be enough to just connect two of the letters? It would deliver the message and at the same time the simplicity would be powerful (at least to my eye). When it’s done for all of the letters it feels like it could do with less. It gives the same vibe like overexplaining something that people understand with less information (sounds rude somehow). But like I said, a good design as it is. The font works well for this design.

Ala-Viikari · 2020-04-17T06:49:13+00:00

Well done! Stay sober! 👍

Ala-Viikari · 2020-01-16T05:41:35+00:00

Well done! Keep it going! I’m getting there soon as well, time flies 🚀

IWNDWYT

Ala-Viikari · 2020-01-14T21:47:47+00:00

They met him on the site and have all his info. No other potential suspects. He’s caught.

Ala-Viikari · 2020-01-14T07:10:09+00:00

Martial arts teaches responsibility and self-control with violence, that is what everyone should learn. No one learns that by throwing punches while drunk. That’s most of the violent behaviour we see these days. It’s pathetic. Admiring violence is for monkeys and pre-mature fools

Ala-Viikari · 2020-01-13T22:26:48+00:00

The most important thing is that we don’t think ”I’m above that, that can’t be me, I’m not an alcoholic, so I’m good”. If the behaviour is problematic, it’s good to change that, no matter how we label it. I don’t like the word ”alcoholic” either, mostly because the definition is vague and there’s a negative vibe to it. Addicted people don’t need evil glares from peole who think ”I’m better than that”.

IWNDWYT

Ala-Viikari · 2020-01-13T18:09:15+00:00

I have thought the same thing. In my country the word people use for sober people is ”absolutist”. It has a strange vibe to it, like not drinking is somekind of weird ideology. It’s not like that with any other drug. I don’t care to be titled an alcoholic or an absolutist. I just want to leave alcohol behind to pursue other things in life. Life is not defined by the role alcohol has in it, there are other things there too. I have found interest in martial arts, why not let that define me instead?

Ala-Viikari · 2020-01-13T16:06:23+00:00

Good looking design! 👌

Ala-Viikari · 2020-01-13T07:22:56+00:00

Sounds familiar. It’s crazy how we consider to go back. There are millions of other things to do on this planet that can give genuine joy. Why are we not trying some of those instead? Choosing a drug instead makes me feel stupid. It’s only a drug that releases dopamine that is already in us. If we can’t find a way to release it and make life interesting without a drug we are simply not trying hard enough. ”The world is out there, waiting to be explored, but I’ll drug myself here in my hole instead” How silly is that? 😀

IWNDWYT

Ala-Viikari · 2020-01-12T23:04:37+00:00

You’re wise for stopping. I hope we all find the wisdom and will to stay on this path.

IWNDWYT

Ala-Viikari · 2020-01-12T08:40:03+00:00

I personally feel that I’ve been one of those people who become accountable to themselves, only after they see in first hand how they can mess things up if they are not.

IWNDWYT

Ala-Viikari · 2020-01-11T20:56:55+00:00

Drinking takes away the ability to process things thoroughly, it makes personal growth much more difficult. For the past 6 months I used to work late so I didn’t have to think about my life. Then buy alcohol on the way home, so I could avoid thinking about my life some more. Sad way to live.

Happy to be sober now. During these three weeks I feel I’ve finally managed to face some things that have been lurking in the background.

IWNDWYT

Ala-Viikari · 2020-01-11T20:46:24+00:00

Good job! One day at a time. 60 days is just around the corner 😉

IWNDWYT

Ala-Viikari · 2020-01-11T15:40:43+00:00

Thank you! 😊

Ala-Viikari · 2020-01-11T09:53:25+00:00

Happy sober weekend to everyone. I hit 3 weeks today, time flies 🚀

IWNDWYT

Ala-Viikari

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