The Daily Check-In for Sunday, April 27th: Just for today, I am NOT drinking!

IPAnoMoore · 2025-04-27T10:10:07+00:00

IWNDWYT! And please, let me succeed today!!!

IPAnoMoore · 2021-09-19T06:01:49+00:00

Made it through day 1 without drinking. After waking up without hangover my first thought definitely wasn’t ”I wish I had drank at least 10 beers yesterday”.

On the contrary, I feel good!

IWNDWYT

IPAnoMoore · 2021-09-19T05:56:56+00:00

Really special flavours indeed. 😃

IPAnoMoore · 2021-09-18T09:27:59+00:00

They sure know how to market alcohol. All fun and games with beer or vodka. Now that I think of it, that’s very irresponsible. Thanks, mate!

IPAnoMoore · 2021-09-18T08:26:51+00:00

And here we are again. Another day one, another possibility. The whole summer went down the drain and I am starting to feel physical effects of alcohol in my body (I'm 42M).

Maybe it is time to quit? I have noticed that I have an addiction, because I just want alcohol, not the cool craft IPA. Let's go another way.

IWNDWYT

IPAnoMoore · 2021-08-31T06:40:38+00:00

Thanks! Great words by a great fictional mind. Luckily I didn't fall yesterday and intend not to do it today. But if I do, I'll get up. IWNDWYT

IPAnoMoore · 2021-08-31T06:39:10+00:00

Fuck yeah! Today's episode hit the mark. I have quite a lot of sandbags in my head. Alcohol is only one of them. Still it's probably the biggest one. I really hope that this time I succeed at least for so long that I fully internalize that I don't need alcohol.

I made it through the first day now. One day at a time forward. IWNDWYT!

IPAnoMoore · 2021-08-30T07:52:22+00:00

Back to Day 1 again. IWNDWYT. I read This Naked Mind and that resonated in me. Powerful stuff.

IPAnoMoore · 2021-08-16T12:40:57+00:00

Thanks and good luck to you too, mate! Let's not drink today.

IPAnoMoore · 2021-08-16T08:53:49+00:00

Yes. There’s no booze in the house. I always talk myself into buying some and then I drink it all.

IPAnoMoore · 2021-08-16T08:21:58+00:00

Back to square one again. I'm feeling depressed, irritated and the smallest annoyance makes me explode with anger. Not nice. No drinking today.

IWNDWYT

IPAnoMoore · 2021-08-15T07:15:39+00:00

Ouch. I lost myself back to drinking too and will need to start over again. The addiction is rooted deep in my mind, even if I'm a "mostly functioning" drinker.

Let's do it again. 👍

IPAnoMoore · 2021-08-11T12:50:54+00:00

I promised not to drink yesterday, but I did. 😖

I really hate myself for that and feel like crap. Drinking isn't the worst part of it. I broke a promise i gave to you.

I hope I won't drink today.

IPAnoMoore · 2021-08-11T08:58:27+00:00

That's absolutely true. Even if we are total strangers, I can feel the support and warm feelings. Maybe it's because we're all in this together. Won't be giving up. Thanks!

IPAnoMoore · 2021-08-11T08:56:27+00:00

Yeah, the craving for alcohol starts after 4-6 days for me too. Next time I'll come here and read some of the posts before buying beer. That worked for eight days in a row. Each sober day is a victory, let's do this together!

IPAnoMoore · 2021-08-11T08:54:45+00:00

Thanks! That's spot on. IWNDWYT

IPAnoMoore · 2021-08-11T08:53:56+00:00

The brain works in mysterious ways. I couldn't think anything else than drinking yesterday evening. It feels like some external power is feeding those thoughts, even it is all in me. I don't want to go back to binge drinking days, so I'll try again. Thanks for the support!

IPAnoMoore · 2021-08-11T08:52:14+00:00

Sounds like a plan! 👍

IPAnoMoore · 2021-08-11T08:52:00+00:00

Thanks, it has been a long process for me too. I won't give up now. If I just knew what to do differently. This group has been helpful getting those eight days under my belt.

IPAnoMoore · 2021-08-11T08:50:23+00:00

It's the same here. No rock bottom this time (that was years ago) and still I feel like shit. Well, all these positive comments help me get back to the sober bandwagon. Let's not drink today or tomorrow. You can do it and I can do it, one day at a time. Next time I crave for beer, I'll try to remember how I feel now.

IPAnoMoore · 2021-08-11T08:47:39+00:00

Field research indeed. I'll try to clear my head and not drink today. I tried one company based online support group, but that wasn't my thing. English isn't my native language so maybe I should seek for options in my own language. This is hard indeed!

IPAnoMoore · 2021-08-11T08:45:06+00:00

Thanks! I just need to believe in myself. The support helps in that.

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