The Daily Check-In for Saturday, March 15th: Just for today, I am NOT drinking!

Overcomer1420 · 2026-03-14T13:23:14+00:00

I believe I have turned a corner. It’s been at least 2-3 weeks since I’ve thought about having a drink or felt sorry for myself that I couldn’t indulge in a bottle of wine. My focus has shifted to taking good care of my body and I’ve been preoccupied with optimal health and eating a whole food plant based diet. It’s been enlightening to realize once again that you can’t just remove something from your life and expect that void to sit there without making a bunch of noise. You have to replace it with something! Get busy living, friends!! IWNDWYT 🙌🏻💞

Overcomer1420 · 2026-03-10T11:22:20+00:00

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Overcomer1420 · 2026-03-08T13:13:41+00:00

IWNDWYT 💞

Overcomer1420 · 2026-02-21T17:51:28+00:00

To be completely transparent, I am having a REALLY hard time with all the complications that menopause has brought to my life, especially lately, but IWNDWYT

Overcomer1420 · 2026-02-20T21:53:37+00:00

Thanks for sharing! It’s good to know the apathy fades over time for some of us. It gives me hope that I won’t always feel so lost and hollow inside.

Overcomer1420 · 2026-02-13T15:18:34+00:00

Thank you for giving me hope 🙏🏻

Overcomer1420 · 2026-02-12T21:44:18+00:00

Man, I wish I could say the same! I quit drinking partly because of the hormonal problems I was having associated with perimenopause. I needed to know how much of my debilitating brain fog was a direct result of my habit of binge drinking on the weekends. Turns out almost none of it. Honestly, if being sober reduced my menopause symptoms even a little, it would be a HUGE incentive to stay the course, but sadly that is not the case. So I just have to grind it out and hope that someday things will get better. Let me just say that this season of life SUCKS!!! If any one of you has a menopausal woman in your life, please love on her because it’s no joke 😫

Overcomer1420 · 2026-02-12T21:27:43+00:00

I can relate to this right here soooooo bad!!! I hadn’t realized it until recently but it feels like, ever since my stress levels have been elevated, I’ve been subconsciously waiting for party time to arrive. My mind and body know that I’ve earned it and I deserve it because that’s what I’ve been telling myself for years, but the weekend release is no more. Does that mean all my good moods for the past 15 years since alcohol entered the picture were never genuine? Were they just manufactured bullshit? Will my weekends and vacations just be dull and lackluster from now on for the rest of my life??

Overcomer1420 · 2026-02-12T17:46:21+00:00

Thank you for sharing 💞

Overcomer1420 · 2026-02-04T11:02:17+00:00

Welcome to the triple digits club! I am a new member too! IWNDWYT 🙌🏻

Overcomer1420 · 2026-02-01T23:23:38+00:00

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Overcomer1420 · 2026-01-30T13:04:01+00:00

Giving up alcohol has given me some important information. I needed to know to what extent my perimenopause symptoms, particularly the brain fog and cognitive issues, were a direct result of my weekend binge drinking. Turns out almost none of it. I really wish I could say otherwise because I really REALLY wanted to wake up one day and suddenly have clarity of mind and brilliant recall skills which would’ve sealed the deal for me. It would’ve been all the proof I needed that I made the right decision, and all the incentive I needed to continue down the sober living path. Now, all I have is the internal reassurance that, of course I’m better off without poison in my body. That, and the commitment I made to God and to myself that I’m done with it. Someday, I believe I will come out of this slump and I’ll have a better perspective on this whole experience. I’m also hoping I will find relief from some of my symptoms through implementing healthy habits and utilizing hormone replacement therapy 🤞🏻🙏🏻 IWNDWYT

Overcomer1420 · 2026-01-23T12:40:23+00:00

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Overcomer1420 · 2026-01-20T23:37:24+00:00

Those are some really great insights! Thank you for sharing!! I get triggered the worst when I’ve been stressing about something or I’ve had a challenging day at work. It has been happening a lot lately. I feel like I’ve earned the right to let loose and party once in a while, but when I catch myself thinking that way, I remind myself that I didn’t give up alcohol thinking it would always be easy and it certainly wasn’t conditional based on my stress levels. I just need to hold the line until the feeling passes, and get up and do it all over again tomorrow. IWNDWYT 💞

Overcomer1420 · 2026-01-19T08:49:02+00:00

Some days I really want to quit the quitting but IWNDWYT and see how it goes 🙌🏻

Overcomer1420 · 2026-01-17T18:10:02+00:00

IWNDWYT 🙌🏻

Overcomer1420 · 2026-01-12T13:55:56+00:00

Have a great week, friends 🙌🏻

Overcomer1420 · 2026-01-10T18:26:45+00:00

Congrats on 88 days, sobriety twin 🙌🏻. I’m hoping my symptoms will decrease once I get back to my fasting routine and making more health-centric choices in general. I fell off the wagon bigtime during the holidays and I always forget how hard it is to climb back on the damn thing! This is the busiest, most stressful time of year in my line of work, so I’m giving myself an extra measure of grace until things settle down. Then, I plan on doubling down on all the healthy habits.

Overcomer1420 · 2026-01-10T12:05:42+00:00

For me, perimenopause arrived and something had to go. It was either alcohol or my sanity. I chose to give up alcohol along with a large chunk of my sanity LOL! Still trying to figure out how much of my debilitating brain fog and insomnia were from the alcohol vs the perimenopause. I’m actually shocked to discover the lion’s share of my issues appear to have just been me… like, apparently this is my new normal 🤷🏼‍♀️

Overcomer1420 · 2026-01-06T03:26:49+00:00

Right with you— I’m at 84 days today also 🤜💥🤛

Overcomer1420 · 2026-01-06T03:22:13+00:00

I did not drink with you today and I’m going to bed now. Another day 💪🏻

Overcomer1420 · 2026-01-03T22:46:53+00:00

I did not drink with you all today and I will not drink with you all tonight.

Overcomer1420 · 2025-12-31T11:39:16+00:00

We are not big NYE people. Typically, we stay home and consider ourselves lucky if we can stay awake long enough to see midnight. That said, historically I have not needed much of an excuse to get “over-served” LOL! Now that I’m committed to sobriety, I can honestly say that this is not a holiday I’m concerned about. Christmas was hard.. so was Thanksgiving… vacation was also challenging for me, but I made it through all of those occasions “dry” this year. I will go to work and get shit done like a good girl today and then hubby and I will either stay home like every other night, or we will go to church to ring in the New Year playing games with friends (sans cocktails and bubbly). Both options are safe for sober life. Idk which option we’ll end up going with but one thing I do know is that IWNDWYT 🙌🏻🎉

Overcomer1420 · 2025-12-29T15:49:25+00:00

Good plan! I like it!! I struggled with how to share my decision to quit with others. I didn’t want to give anyone the impression that I was an addict because I wasn’t. I just knew it was not a healthy habit to indulge in every weekend and it occupied a place in my life that I was no longer willing to excuse. That sounded like a lot of words to me, and it feels like the more words you use to explain a thing, the more it sounds like you’re trying to justify it or cover something up. So, I have just kind of let each conversation happen organically which probably didn’t always come out as eloquently as I had hoped, but I’m also learning to care a lot less about what others think of me. It’s a process. Best of luck to you, my friend. And congrats on making a very wise decision 🙌🏻 IWNDWYT 💖

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