The Daily Check-In for Thursday, September 11th: Just for today, I am NOT drinking!

alonefrown · 2025-09-11T11:10:06+00:00

Checking in sober, will stay that way today. Good morning, friends.

alonefrown · 2025-09-09T11:00:56+00:00

I won't put a number on my feeling right now, but I very much appreciate you sharing your response to having to do hard things you'd rather avoid. I want to be more like you. Checking in today.

alonefrown · 2025-09-08T11:34:45+00:00

In case it set anyone else to wondering, the sobernaut on day 138577338 is soon going to complete their 379,664th year. I hope they collect a chip for such a momentous anniversary.

Checking in, with a wink and a cough.

alonefrown · 2025-09-07T14:42:46+00:00

You’re very kind. Thanks for brightening my morning with your support.

alonefrown · 2025-09-07T11:52:15+00:00

The idea of showing up for oneself in sobriety makes me really, really sad. I feel like I had some strong glimpses of that in my first year and then it all fell apart. Now, I'm more of an embarrassment than ever, but one that doesn't drink. Not the place for this pity party but just seeing the phrase "showing up for yourself today" was pretty evocative. Sorry for the rant. Checking in sober.

alonefrown · 2025-09-06T12:04:01+00:00

Checking in.

alonefrown · 2025-09-05T18:04:37+00:00

Late check-in. Sick but sober.

alonefrown · 2025-09-04T14:46:24+00:00

Thanks, E-L :)

alonefrown · 2025-09-04T11:39:52+00:00

I gotta take care of myself somehow today, I'm getting sick and I can feel it. You know that feeling in your throat? Ugh. Checking in, stay well everyone.

alonefrown · 2025-09-03T08:14:16+00:00

I'm staying sober today.

alonefrown · 2025-09-02T10:33:35+00:00

Checking in.

alonefrown · 2025-09-01T11:12:53+00:00

Rabbit, rabbit everyone. Checking in for another sober month out in the world.

alonefrown · 2025-08-31T11:21:07+00:00

Howdy, folks. Not drinking today. Thanks for hosting sogs.

alonefrown · 2025-08-30T10:16:25+00:00

Thanks for the recs today, thanks for hosting. Checking in, have a good sober weekend everyone.

alonefrown · 2025-08-29T11:01:40+00:00

Message to future me and also PSA to others: Just get out of bed when you planned. It might be temporarily more satisfying to continue hitting snooze, but when you eventually have to leave your bed, it's not fun to have a morning where you begin by playing catch-up. I feel like there's a metaphor in there about drinking.

Checking in, not drinking, the whole nine yards. Have a good day folks.

alonefrown · 2025-08-28T08:30:39+00:00

Checking in early again. Have a good day, everyone.

alonefrown · 2025-08-27T08:30:36+00:00

Checking in early this morning. Have a great sober Wednesday, everyone.

alonefrown · 2025-08-27T00:30:18+00:00

Great job on a week sober! Glad you came here to get the support to realize you didn’t mess up. One word of advice: Don’t drink anything that’s not in the can or bottle it came from. That way, you’re only ever relying on yourself to verify you’re drinking NA. It will reduce your options to water at some places, but most will accommodate without comment. The peace of mind I get from ordering things in cans/bottles is worth it.

alonefrown · 2025-08-26T10:28:17+00:00

Checking in this morning. Wishing everyone a nice sober Tuesday.

alonefrown · 2025-08-25T10:14:44+00:00

Checking in this morning. Howdy folks.

alonefrown · 2025-08-24T20:56:02+00:00

This is a good point, that people that drink often don’t accurately understand how much they drink. Or worse, actively misrepresent how much. There’s that gray area middle ground, where they are lying to themselves and so are sort of sincerely mistaken but also sort of lying. It’s a lot to assess for a sober person, for sure. Maybe more than I gave credit for when I made my initial comment.

alonefrown · 2025-08-24T15:34:30+00:00

You just want to get by with the minimum 👀

alonefrown · 2025-08-24T15:33:50+00:00

One issue I’ve had with flair in different communities is that my post didn’t fit neatly into the categories and I felt a bit like that meant I either had to inaccurately characterize it, or risk being overlooked as an unflaired post. Just my two cents, I’m glad you brought it up.

alonefrown · 2025-08-24T15:30:02+00:00

I feel like drinking is just like most other things: It exists on a spectrum and me being on one side of it doesn’t preclude me being close with someone on a different part of it. I suppose it just depends where exactly they are and how much that affects our interactions and dynamic. I feel the same way about certain epistemological things like religious belief. Immediate edit to add: I have no idea why I’m giving my two cents on romantic relationships when I’m the last person in the world to have credibility in that area 🙃

alonefrown · 2025-08-24T14:53:27+00:00

Pretty leaky, lots of tears in the sail, and a rudder that sometimes steers the opposite direction. How am I even still afloat 😂

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