We may be anonymous strangers on the internet, but we have one thing in common. We may be a world apart, but we're here together!

Welcome to the 24 hour pledge!

I'm pledging myself to not drinking today, and invite you to do the same.

Maybe you're new to /r/stopdrinking and have a hard time deciding what to do next. Maybe you're like me and feel you need a daily commitment or maybe you've been sober for a long time and want to inspire others.

It doesn't matter if you're still hung over from a three day bender or been sober for years, if you just woke up or have already completed a sober day. For the next 24 hours, lets not drink alcohol!

This pledge is a statement of intent. Today we don't set out trying not to drink, we make a conscious decision not to drink. It sounds simple, but all of us know it can be hard and sometimes impossible. The group can support and inspire us, yet only one person can decide if we drink today. Give that person the right mindset!

What happens if we can't keep to our pledge? We give up or try again. And since we're here in /r/stopdrinking, we're not ready to give up.

What this is: A simple thread where we commit to not drinking alcohol for the next 24 hours, posting to show others that they're not alone and making a pledge to ourselves. Anybody can join and participate at any time, you do not have to be a regular at /r/stopdrinking or have followed the pledges from the beginning.

What this isn't: A good place for a detailed introduction of yourself, directly seek advice or share lengthy stories. You'll get a more personal response in your own thread.

This post goes up at:

US - Night/Early Morning  
Europe - Morning  
Asia and Australia - Evening/Night

A link to the current Daily Check-In post can always be found near the top of the sidebar.

Happy Thursday! Good morning fellow SD'ers! It's taking a little dark French roast coffee for me to get going here but it looks to be a good day starting it sober.

One practice I need to follow is SD's Thankful Thursdays. I find it is the little things, the out of the blue unexpected bits of kindness, small finds, ...sometimes the gems stuck between the turds of a day lol.

I am thankful for the new library membership my daughter forced me to sign up for which has thousands of books on tape for free via download. My commute in amongst the tired drivers in the rain never sounded so interesting. This simple find is one of the many gems that show themselves now that I look around on this path of sobriety

Have a great day everyone!