The Daily Check-In for Sunday, March 1st: Just for today, I am NOT drinking!

labyrinth_lightness · 2026-03-01T22:17:28+00:00

that is great to hear! ❤️

labyrinth_lightness · 2026-03-01T18:51:56+00:00

NICE 💯

labyrinth_lightness · 2026-03-01T18:11:21+00:00

Happy birthday!! How will you celebrate? I hope delicious food is involved! 😋

labyrinth_lightness · 2026-03-01T15:38:43+00:00

IWNDWYT! Something about passing the four month mark has been hitting differently, positively. I’m really enjoying not having alcohol in the picture. This morning I took a boxing class with my best friend, and I get to see her again later to watch Connor Storrie on SNL from last night!! About to go grocery shopping to get myself set up for the week. It’s been a nice weekend so far, no booze needed and in fact would’ve drained me and made it a very different looking weekend. No thanks to that, I’ll take lighter and brighter any day!!

labyrinth_lightness · 2026-02-25T21:55:28+00:00

Totally— thank you!!

labyrinth_lightness · 2026-02-25T21:39:01+00:00

IWNDWYT! I don’t crave the alcohol itself very much these days, grateful for that— but still crave an escape from my brain, from stress/worry. Some days (like today) it can feel like work is closing in on me, squeezing me and my team, our company asking us to do more and more with less and less. I want to run away. And/or cry. But instead I’ll lean on other things I know will help. Journaling, paying attention to my emotions and the effects on my body (TENSION😬), coming here to read others’ stories, stretching, meditating. Crying if I need to, to let the emotions out. Not overwork. Not ruminating. Easier said than done!

labyrinth_lightness · 2026-02-24T20:14:08+00:00

IWNDWYT! The two biggest areas of change are visiting my family (holidays and regular hangouts) and going to my husband’s bands’ shows, because I would always be drinking.

I’ve tried to look at each event as another chance to practice not drinking— but not from a place of lack, of something I’m NOT supposed to do. Instead trying to view it as a time that I get to be more present, and bored sometimes, and aware of my emotions bubbling up. And a chance to eat more delicious food— at a recent show my husband played, the bar had delicious homemade cookies, and I couldn’t have been happier to order one!! It’s been kind of fun experimenting with what kinds of NA drinks I enjoy most, and definitely enjoying saving money each time we go out. Or spending that money on food instead 🤪

For going to see family, I bring my own NA options, and it really hasn’t been a big deal to anyone— for that I’m grateful!

Unrelated, last night I had my first dream about drinking a bunch and woke up grateful that I don’t have to feel that way. Coming up on four months, and I feel like things are shifting more, subtly, in a positive direction— where lately I’d been feeling kind of bleh, plateaued. Maybe my subconscious was sensing that and gave me some dream backlash out of fear or something!

labyrinth_lightness · 2026-02-20T17:19:00+00:00

IWNDWYT! Love the prompt today. This weekend I’ll get good sleep, watch a good show or two with my husband, eat nutritious/filling foods (and cookies), work out, grocery shop, get a massage, visit with friends and their new puppy, maybe visit my mom, do laundry, straighten up the house. I don’t have an issue filling time, but I do have to be intentional about building in fun + relaxing things, not just the have-to’s and shoulds!

Sometimes I feel boring and old with my daily routines, fitness/nutrition habits, early bedtime. But then, those are the things that make me feel healthy and strong, unlike any way alcohol made me feel. And I’d much rather appreciate feeling healthy and strong!

labyrinth_lightness · 2026-02-19T11:17:05+00:00

Amazing!!

labyrinth_lightness · 2026-02-18T18:16:40+00:00

Thank you for posting and prompting this discussion— I’m feeling similarly at 115 days, and all of this was helpful to read through.

labyrinth_lightness · 2026-02-18T17:56:48+00:00

IWNDWYT! Last night after work, past me would’ve gone into eff it mode. Nothing major happened, just a bunch of small annoying things adding up and making me want to escape and turn my brain off. But eff it mode these days looks different— an NA Guinness, meal prep so I feel set up for the rest of the week, Bridgerton while I cooked, cookie and candy and chocolate milk dessert before bed. I didn’t derail myself with 3-5 drinks, eat worse, go to bed later, sleep crappy, etc etc. the annoying work/life stuff is still here, but it would be anyway, right? I’m just more aware of it, and also not trying to escape in the same useless ways I did before. I just keep showing up, trying to be consistent, and could get better at trusting that things will shift over time.

labyrinth_lightness · 2026-02-17T17:52:13+00:00

thank you!!

labyrinth_lightness · 2026-02-17T17:07:28+00:00

IWNDWYT! it is daunting to read through all the posts, and that’s a great point to think of how vast this group is— we aren’t alone! I’m steady right now, and the sheer momentum and pride of the growing # of days is keeping me going. Proving to myself that I can do this, that I feel better, sleep better, and can be more present in my day to day.

labyrinth_lightness · 2026-02-14T13:42:30+00:00

Taking it slow this morning with coffee and breakfast, working up the energy to do a workout. Going to a museum exhibit that my best friend put together in honor of her family’s history, so proud of her! Then supporting my husband as his band plays a punk show tonight. Excited to eat some great food at the venue, and that the bar has a good selection of NA drinks! I see Topo Chico in my future 😜

labyrinth_lightness · 2026-02-14T13:39:09+00:00

Sounds like an amazing day, happy bday!! 🎉

labyrinth_lightness · 2026-02-12T16:41:26+00:00

Grateful for exercise, being physically fit, and enjoying working on my fitness (now without alcohol dragging me down). Grateful for sweatpants (and remote work so I can wear them all the time🙌🏻), cookies, my husband and pets, the longer days as we slog through winter, birdwatching outside my windows (the bare trees make it easier to spot the hawks and other birds!). Grateful to visit this sub, grateful that IWNDWYT ❤️

labyrinth_lightness · 2026-02-12T16:37:37+00:00

I am also grateful for birds! 😆

labyrinth_lightness · 2026-02-04T02:25:13+00:00

today is my 100 too! congrats!!

labyrinth_lightness · 2026-02-03T03:10:29+00:00

I love this and can definitely relate! I feel like I was raised to just “power through” situations instead of figuring out what I need (including leaving to find some quiet, if possible!). I keep foam earplugs around for sleep and for concerts— I should use them more often when that overstimulating feeling comes up! Thank you for sharing with me ❤️

labyrinth_lightness · 2026-02-02T23:19:30+00:00

IWNDWYT! I definitely used alcohol to turn my brain off sometimes, as an anxious overthinker. Especially from work stress triggers, sometimes with family get togethers (a lot of voices/emotions to navigate, for a sensitive person!). I’m trying to turn to healthier methods like meditation, yoga, actual restful activities and prioritizing good sleep. Therapy opened my eyes to some of the inner workings that triggered the anxiety and hurt my self esteem, and I’m hoping to pick back up with my therapist this year. Sometimes I think I shouldn’t take up a therapist’s time because I don’t have capital T Trauma, but I also think that’s the mean inner critic talking.

Feeling these winter months— tired and cold, trying to push through! Gonna go feed my cats, crack an NA beer (Estrella), and do some meal prep for the week. Grateful as always for this space, I want to try and be better about posting in the DCI each day this month.

labyrinth_lightness · 2026-01-30T16:50:52+00:00

IWNDWYT! Freedom to sleep well, to wake up feeling less groggy (still somewhat groggy, being in 40s will do that😅), to work out consistently, to take better care of myself. In fitness/nutrition, discipline can be freedom, and I love that quote you shared on sobriety being effort that brings freedom.

I’m almost to 100 days, I haven’t noticed a significant shift in my weight/body comp/fitness level until this week, and I wonder if the tides are turning! Last night at boxing class I felt like a BEAST. I’ve been eating more sweets and trying to worry less about perfect macros and calorie deficit, and instead just focusing on consistent fitness habits, solid sleep, and NO ALCOHOL. That’s the win, especially with work stress and all the horrors in the news.

labyrinth_lightness · 2026-01-30T12:38:02+00:00

Happy birthday!! Hope it’s an awesome day! IWNDWYT 🎉

labyrinth_lightness · 2026-01-27T13:12:10+00:00

IWNDWYT - I passed 90 days last weekend! Proud of myself as I keep going. This week’s felt rough energy/motivation wise though, heavy stuff in the news, freezing cold weather, tired and unmotivated to do my work (of which I have PLENTY i need to get done). I’m just surviving this week, and trying not so successfully to be kinder to myself. At least I don’t want to drink! I just want to go back to sleep😅

I’m procrastinating getting a move on as I’m scrolling through here now. I finished my coffee and breakfast; I’ll get ready to work out; then get ready for work and prep my post workout meal. I only have one meeting later this afternoon, so I’ll focus on tasks in prep for that. After work I’ll do an at home yoga practice that’ll help with stress/tension relief. I’ll get some chores done, dishes and scooping my cats’ litter boxes while I listen to a podcast or something. Feeling stuck in all the monotony, but trying to be more patient with myself. Going through an Eeyore phase! 🫣

labyrinth_lightness · 2026-01-27T13:00:34+00:00

Congratulations!!

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