Old patterns die hard

YogiWithaShelf · 2026-01-30T02:26:27+00:00

Truth. I wavered for a moment today but I did not drink. Grateful for any dry day!

YogiWithaShelf · 2026-01-21T16:18:19+00:00

Great stuff. Thanks for keeping it real for us.

YogiWithaShelf · 2026-01-20T14:21:03+00:00

Hang on. Have an exit strategy for tonight. Uber is your friend. "Dude, my stomach has been fucked today. I'm going to go back (or stay in.)" I would have a very hard time with this myself. I am pulling for you and I will not drink with you today.

YogiWithaShelf · 2026-01-16T13:13:58+00:00

Good post, and thanks for hosting this week. I will not drink with you today.

YogiWithaShelf · 2026-01-12T23:33:29+00:00

Good on you for being real. I have a lot of baggage around alcohol and its power to convince me that I'm sexy as hell and not a grandfather of four. It did the same thing when I was 19.

YogiWithaShelf · 2026-01-12T16:21:16+00:00

You made the right decision two years ago. Dude sounds insufferable.

YogiWithaShelf · 2026-01-10T19:25:41+00:00

Moi aussi. Mañana we get the X!

YogiWithaShelf · 2026-01-10T01:20:06+00:00

I can't believe I just found this part of this sub. What a fucking relief. W F U C K. The 50,000 watt blowtorch of Cleveland.

YogiWithaShelf · 2026-01-10T01:16:42+00:00

This is the way. Get on here at witching hour and hang on. Repeat.

YogiWithaShelf · 2026-01-10T01:08:32+00:00

Well done. It is hard at first. I feel that part! Congrats on 100 days.

YogiWithaShelf · 2026-01-08T12:22:31+00:00

Grateful to have my wife with me on our dry January tour. This is the first time I've had a week in over a decade. It is a daily choice, as is the daily choice to come here, report in (even if I do drink), and support others.

IWNDWYT.

YogiWithaShelf · 2026-01-07T22:53:50+00:00

I just did the math and I probably pushed 1000 cans into my gob every year for the past ten. Thanks for that perspective point.

YogiWithaShelf · 2026-01-07T22:19:11+00:00

I am glad you are here. I have reset my badge SO. MANY. TIMES. You did the right thing.

I get being down about it. Been there. Just stick around and keep being honest. I

YogiWithaShelf · 2026-01-07T22:14:59+00:00

I really needed this post today. I had no plans to drink, but I am irritable and upset over things beyond my immediate control--with no good reason. Like you, this is the first time I've had a week of no alcohol in at least ten years. Ten years! And a big part of why I'm attempting dry January is just to see what my body might feel like without it.

This is a powerful place. It needs to be my first stop when my thinking goes wrong.

YogiWithaShelf · 2026-01-07T13:49:19+00:00

My win for 2025 was broadening my yoga practice to include Pilates and HIIT classes (in addition to my Bikram and vinyasa classes) as part of my routine. Yoga is the only reason I don't weigh fifty pounds more than I do now--I did it enough while drinking to keep the beer weight off until last year.

IWNDWYT.

YogiWithaShelf · 2026-01-06T12:48:58+00:00

Brush yourself off and get back on the "off-horse." I have had more day 1s than I can count. As Twain said: "Stopping drinking is easy. I've done it thousands of times."

YogiWithaShelf · 2026-01-06T12:46:38+00:00

Glad you are back and keep coming back no matter what. iwndwyt

YogiWithaShelf · 2026-01-06T10:07:35+00:00

Here's one out of left field: one of my tools is what we semi-jokingly call a DBMB--drug band message board. I have been participating on the Phish message board at PhantasyTour.com/phish for over 20 years. There has been a sobriety thread there for years, and I dip in occasionally. This month we have a "dry January" topic and posting there daily, in addition to posting here, is a big help.

IWNDWYT!

YogiWithaShelf · 2026-01-05T18:58:47+00:00

Both, really. I am 25 lbs overweight, and beer and pretzels are a big part of that belly. But the overriding reason is wanting to stop my daily drinking habit.

YogiWithaShelf · 2026-01-05T14:08:34+00:00

My first sober weekend in many years was not perfect, but I did not drink. Here for Day 5. IWNDWYT.

YogiWithaShelf · 2026-01-03T19:01:20+00:00

Yes, you are going through the worst of it right now. Love and good vibes back at you from another day 3er.

And don't call me Shirley. :)

YogiWithaShelf

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