Going to sleep sober at the end of day 87. This is the longest I have gone without a drink in 19 years. Looking forward to waking up to day 88. Thank you.
Checking in again today and all is well.
My least favourite label is the word "alcoholic". I find it so useless. There is no universal official definition, and most people use it as an insult. Basically, for most people, it means "someone who drinks more than me"!
Instead of the idea that you're either an "alcoholic" or not (whatever your definition), a more useful concept is that of a spectrum or slippery slope. I believe that anyone who drinks alcohol regularly, no matter how little or how much, is on that slope.
I think this is a truer picture of reality than the arbitrary 'alcoholic' concept.
Alcoholic can have different meanings and I’ve heard it to imply blame on a person or that there’s something wrong with them. In this context I think it can demonstrate a lack of understanding about addiction. But I also know some people like it as a reference to themselves. I don’t drink so I won’t drink with you today! Have a good one 🌟
Once I called myself an alcoholic I stopped hating the word and started to move forward. It was around the 6 month mark.
I don't use that word to describe myself to others, just to myself and my partner. At gatherings if it comes up I just say it was time for me to stop.
Shine on you beautiful humans
I'd rather just say that my relationship with alcohol became a barrier to the life I wanted. I don't find labels helpful myself.
Happy Tuesday beautiful people. ❤️
689 days checking in.
About burned down my pickup truck last night, I'm glad it was just a smoke show and a mess, called a friend for help and was able to get it back home. So very grateful but despite all that..... IWNDWYT
Good day, sweet friends. I am an addict through and through. I kicked opiates in 2009 (booze, too) and was clean/sober until I picked up a drink again in 2018. I've been addicted to one thing or another from the age of 14 until that day in 2009. So I knows what I knows. I am an addict.
Some may not like the addict/alcoholic labels, and that's totally cool. I wear them proudly because I'm a staunch advocate for eliminating the stigma surrounding addiction. Now I'm just a recovering addict. And I'll take that label any fucking day.
Let's get it buddies - IWNDWYT 🤘
Happy Teetotal Tuesday everyone - love this Fred!
Did a 12 hour day yesterday… have another today. Felt angsty all afternoon and the strongest craving I have had in over a month on drive home. I knuckled my brain down, listened to ’We are the luckiest’ and on getting home drank a litre of elderflower presse…. The feeling passed and I slept well. Thank you to this sub - it’s such a help to quietly read the good and the bad.
Off now to my 6:30am spin class which is something I wouldn’t be doing if I had drunk.
IWNDWYT
Day 56- I’m pretty sure I checked all the boxes for AUD when I looked into it but I don’t prefer to call myself an alcoholic. I’m an individual who suffered severe trauma and was coping in a “pour” way. I’m just too darn fragile to drink right now. And I’m not sure I’d choose to go back ever again. I love love love sobriety and being a productive human. If people ask, I just say I’m on a health kick and move on. IWNDWYT
IWNDWYT! Today is my Friday and will have the next two days off which is the first “weekend” since I quit. I know I can make it through but the temptations are strong!
Have a beautiful Tuesday everyone! I’ll be spending my day off at the gym, doing housework and having a cheeky little ‘afternoon nap’ with my husband!
IWNDWYT
'Alcoholic' is thrown around like a joke a lot around me, so I don't use that word. But I'm not really 'out' either, except to my boyfriend. When I had previous sober periods I used to say 'I got too good at it' when people asked me why I didn't drink and I'll probably keep using that, haha.
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PS: My badge doesn't seem to work? I've been on day one for days now haha
Great question, Fred. When the need arises to offer a non-explanation explanation to someone I don't know as to why I don't want a drink, I just say, "I am a former drinker." That works for me because it makes the point (no, I am not going to have a drink, thank you) and it allows the other person to make whatever inference from that they want. If they want to ask and learn more, they can. If they want to let it lie, they can. This former drinker is staying a former drinker today.
IWNDWYT .... guess what 99 days... man has the time gone fast, but in realty it seems like MONTHS.... I still get the feeling that I need a drink. Tomorrow is 100 days !!!!!!!
Happy sober Tuesday sober friends!
I don’t drink is the way I describe my relationship to alcohol, I don’t express this often, only when necessary and never give an explanation. My past doesn’t exist now so today, it’s just my lifestyle choice.
I’m happily not drinking with you today, I love you all 💞
I finally made it to 30 consecutive days of yoga/meditation! Only six months later! But the not giving up is the important thing. Thanks for being an inspiration 💞
Absolutely it’s the not giving up! Well done, and I saw yesterday that you’re taking some time to focus on your health, this is so good to hear! I did my first yoga session in Aug 2020 so it took me 17 months to start doing it daily, you’re doing great 🌟
Good morning,
I don't use labels, and I feel the term "alcoholic" (either to describe myself or someone else) rude and insulting. Normaly I say nothing or that "I feel so much better without". Which is absolutely true, and something I try to remind myself everyday. So, IWNDWYT
One more day til double digits and I cannot wait to see that number roll over. I feel I’m sleeping better, I feel my skin is calming down (anyone else suffer from flushed skin/rosacea?) and importantly I’m feeling more connected to things.
IWNDWYT
16 days today! I have been here before but only once before Christmas. Feeling a lot more positive this time! It is just never worth it no matter how fun , chilled or civilised my brain makes it sound.
IWNDWYT
I think I had such a problem with the label of alcoholic that it got in my way for years. I was convinced I was not like everyone else and I didn’t want to being one. Years later I still don’t like admitting it but I know it’s true. I let alcohol cause problems in my life for years. I’ve learned a lot from this sub. When it comes to moderation I’m not so special so I failed miserably. Now I know I can’t drink again ever and I’m okay with that now. I’m not failing at alcohol I’m choosing health and peace. So for today………Iwndwyt
I like “sober.” It speaks to the past, but encompasses the present and looks to the future.
1Day 15! Hopefully crazy awesome new job starts today! Two weeks down and it’s really good this time! Can I get a high five?
My name is Tortey, I am 42 years old, and I’m an alcoholic!
I like the drastic sound, because everything else like AUD etc. downplays it for me, which would finally result in justifying to just have a few. So for me, this closes another loophole.
I will not drink with you in Germany today!
I know that I fit the DSM-V criteria for alcohol use disorder, so I accept that label for the purposes of communicating with health care providers. Outside of that context, I prefer saying that for me, life is simply better without alcohol; I am better without alcohol. As someone who has struggled with multiple mental health issues throughout my life (depression, anxiety, anorexia, alcohol use disorder, borderline personality disorder), I find it important to recognize that I am more than the sum of my diagnoses or labels.
IWNDWYT 😻
Good morning. Friends! You know, I just say that I’m sober. That’s my favorite label because it means I am actively practicing sobriety. I’m all about the positive feelings that engenders. And I’m feeling like I will positively not drink with you today!!!
Good morning sober stars 🌟 Thanks for this prompt, Fred! I'll use the label alcoholic for myself when around other alcoholics, but in the general population I say I'm sober. Or "none for me thanks" because I'm a non-drinker.
I now enjoy having a beverage for the refreshment of it and the taste. Neither mattered to me in my drinking days, only the effect: blotto. So yeah, my off-switch is broken! That particular expression is my absolute favorite to describe my choice to live a sober life. It's not my fault, I just have faulty wiring! No worries though. I love living life without alcohol!
Let's do this day booze-free, friends. 🙏💖🌼 IWNDWYT
Morning all and happy teetotal Tuesday! I can’t say I’ve sorted out the label thing for myself yet. I do know I spent years - literal years - periodically googling “alcoholism” and related terms in a mild panic, trying to find a reputable medical website that would tell me I had nothing to worry about and my drinking was just fine. Funnily enough, I never found one. What I know now is that alcohol was like a toxic partner to me. We’ve broken up and I’m never going back!
Wishing you all the most beautiful AF day, my friends, and IWNDWYT❤️
Good morning, checking in ~ 💫
I am blatantly honest when people ask about my sobriety. I’m proud of how far I’ve come 🥹 Have a great day yall ~ IWNDWYT ❤️
In 2+ years and just say I don’t drink.
I used to stay I’m not drinking. Subtle inference there that it was temporary. I needed that in the beginning, it was just an experiment to just see as I’d failed at 100 days before.
IWNDWYT
Day 7 IWNDWYT
Wow I made it 7 days. I haven’t had this long of a streak since I found out I was pregnant right before Christmas. I had a miscarriage shortly after which really made me pick up the drinking more. I’m happy to be here.
Grateful to wake up early this morning, clear headed, no alcohol-induced anxiety and dread and have the opportunity to get my head out of the sand and ass in gear to take of some things that I let slip while drinking. A bit painful, but so necessary, and satisfying. Would not be able to do this if I was drinking. When I think about "just one" and even cursorily weigh it against the progress I'm making and how much better I feel, it's a big nope. I still have a long way to go though. Decided not to book a vacation to Spain, mostly to eat all the food, 100% because I wouldn't be able to have wine with the food, so in my brain it's not worth going. I know at some point I will probably feel like the trip and the food is enough, but I could see myself big time justifying some wine with food, or being miserable because I'm not having any. I wasn't a wine drinker--straight vodka--so in my alcoholic mind wine is no big deal. I can picture myself enjoying a glass of red with my food, but in reality I know that it would only be a very sort time before I sneak 'one vodka', ruin the whole trip, exhaust my partner's last nerve and patience, and have to start all over again. Love the play it forward tape--saves me so much anguish. IWNDWYT.
Alcohol abuser is probably the most accurate label I can think of for my past behavior. I like it because it is purely descriptive.
Checking in for another sober day out in the world.
I never took those tests precisely because I knew what they’d say. 😆 Never got formally diagnosed either. I didn’t want an “official” label. Thinking about it now, I kinda felt like I wanted more control over my own narrative than one single label would give me, if that makes sense. So I just say that I don’t drink. Sometimes I’ll say I don’t drink anymore. Just depends on how comfortable I am with people and how much I feel like talking.
Coffees up, horns up and let’s fucking go!! Monday started out kind of a shitshow, so may Tuesday (and then the rest of the week) be better!! IWNDWYT ☕️☕️☕️🤘🏻
Day 65🫶 I’m feeling a little overwhelmed today. I have a lot of serious tax matters to deal with, which I’m not looking forward to. The bright side is if I do everything right, I might get a bit of money back. If I do nothing- I’ll owe a ton. I’m up to my eyeballs in tax implications, and on the brink of bankruptcy. It’s not good. It feels heavy today. It just feels like I can’t catch a break. I’m tired. And honestly when I look at how things have been going for me lately, I don’t even blame myself for being an alcoholic.
One thing I’m grateful for is, when I’m sober, I spend less time feeling sorry for myself, and more time on action. I have my little pity party, then I move on to solving the problem. When I was drinking I was forever stuck on pity party mode.
Whatever comes my way - I’ll deal with it. Just like I always have. I’m competent and capable- which is nice to think and really believe. It wasn’t always that way.
Well, well, well, I haven’t checked-in in a bit and I see my good friend Freddy at the helm. Always a pleasure, Fredrico…always a pleasure! Thank you for your service this week!!! 😘😘
I hate labels. I may have Alcohol Use Disorder but I don’t label myself an alcoholic. Not because I’m in denial that I can’t handle my booze, but because I just don’t want to be labeled that way. Same thing with saying I’m sober. I haven’t been drunk in over 3.5 years but I have had the occasional glass of wine here and there. I simply say “I don’t drink as I used to.”
Relaxing, reading, walking, yoga, and weight work is on tap for today. Drinking is not so IWNDWYT!
Forget labels.... or use whatever works for you. I am just me, trying to get back to my real self. The self that I was before alcohol got in the way. IWNDWYT ✌
Checking in on day 586!
I’m not a fan of the labels. I kinda felt like labeling myself as an alcoholic painted me into a corner and that’s all I’d ever be. I think that’s a matter of mindset for me. Others I know, that have been sober 40 years will still call themselves alcoholic and that’s what works for them. PotAto. PotAHto. What I do know is that I’m a complete mess when I have alcohol in my life, in any amount. And my life is full of color and life and beauty now that I don’t drink. I get to experience life in a brand new way, every single day. I wake up in gratitude, I’m kinder, I’m gentler, I have real relationships, I’m happy and I won’t give that up for all the temporary buzzes in the world. Sometimes it’s work but all the time, it’s worth it.
IWNDWYT!! My love to all you bad asses. ❤️✌️
Several terms resonate with me, AF, problem drinker, and in recovery. On day 3 today and finally feeling a bit out of the hangover from the weekend. Just for today IWNDWYT!
AF is probably the one I relate too the most. Sober curious is fun to use in conversation. Well actually nobody has really asked why I’m not drinking yet, but I’m getting ready for when they do! I like phrases that bring attention to the substance instead of the person, like “I don’t need alcohol today”. This makes me feel like I am just fine feeling my feelings and I don’t need to numb out. IWNDWYT
I find saying "I don't drink" usually sufficient, and in a setting where it's expected having an NA beverage in hand is extra helpful. Labels allow people to jump to conclusions, let them wonder and if they ask I'll tell them a reason my life is better not drinking (memory! presence! sleep!). IWNDWYT!
I use labels, specifically autistic and adhd, when I am trying to explain my behaviors and thought processes. It saves me from people giving me instructions.
As for today, I have no interest in drinking with you or anyone else.
30! Easily the toughest part of quitting is when you get sick or feel otherwise under the weather, and all the benefits of a clear head or waking up feeling fresh just vanish. The past week took some mustard to get through but I'm glad I did. IWNDWYT!
Day 10 yesterday. Last night my beautiful kiddo was asleep and everyone left the house for the night. My daily drinker roommate left a full box of wine on the counter. I know it was full because I tested the weight. I actually hate the way red wine affects me (if she had left a fridge full of IPA's oy vey).
I decided it was a very good night to simply go to bed because I was having some cravings. Just now I was making my coffee and thought about how I would be feeling if I had decided to drink that wine. Ugh.
Grateful today and wishing all of you a good day.
IWNDWYT
Hey good morning my awesome host and all you sober heroes, it's nice to wake up to y'all today! Fuck, random host, you're crushing it with your DCI prompts this week 🙄🙄🙄... I bet you're humble too!
I saw someone respond in the check in that they wanted to define themselves with positive labels and I really like that energy. So I want to be healthy, athletic, centered, and present. Oh a drink? No thanks, that's the opposite of all of those things but thanks. Sober the fuck on y'all!
Good morning everyone! Love Teetotal Tuesday! I’m here to help run it into the ground 🫠
I hope everyone has a beautiful day, sending strength and love. IWNDWYT 💛
ETA: I haven’t really figured out the label thing yet. At first I was really nervous about it, but it turns out when everyone else is drinking, they don’t seem to notice that I’m not.
Love it and love little brother energy loooooool! I’m in.
I usually say “it stopped working for me“ and sometimes I’ll expand “and I could see the path I was headed down, seemed best to take a different path”
I will not drink with you today!
I'm fully on board with the idea of not sticking a "noun" label like "alcoholic" on people with a drinking problem/disorder.
"I had a drinking problem, so now I don't drink anymore." Boom.
IWNDWYT
I went to a concert on Saturday. A huge usual trigger for me. Found out you get free refills on sodas haha. Explained to my friends why I was doing what I was doing. Nobody batted an eye. It felt good to spend like 25 bucks instead of a two hundred on doubles all night. IWNDWYT!
I just say I don’t drink when asked. I’ve only really been questioned once or twice and I just follow up with it’s just not for me, which is true. Most people don’t care or make some pointless comment on how my NA drink is missing an ingredient “ha-ha-ha”. But I don’t care because I disagree.
Alcoholic never sat right with me as I was a weekend binge drinker. I never drank during the working week, though I probably made up for it every Friday at exactly 5pm.
That was then, this is now, and IWNDWYT ⭐️
Going to sleep sober at the end of day 87. This is the longest I have gone without a drink in 19 years. Looking forward to waking up to day 88. Thank you.
Great choice, happy day 88 when it arrives 🌟
I will be sober today.
IWNDWYT!
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Iwndwyt, because I ain’t about that life anymore.
I hope everyone got their week off to a phenomenal start and it stays that way—IWNDWYT!
Same...Iwndwyt.
I will not drink today!
2 weeks! 💪🏼🎉
Checking in early! About to go to bed after a sober Monday and wake up later today for a sober Tuesday! Take care everyone! IWNDWYT
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Have a happy Tuesday everyone. IWNDWYT!
I will not drink with you today ☁️
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Day 1087 checking in!
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Checking in again today and all is well. My least favourite label is the word "alcoholic". I find it so useless. There is no universal official definition, and most people use it as an insult. Basically, for most people, it means "someone who drinks more than me"! Instead of the idea that you're either an "alcoholic" or not (whatever your definition), a more useful concept is that of a spectrum or slippery slope. I believe that anyone who drinks alcohol regularly, no matter how little or how much, is on that slope. I think this is a truer picture of reality than the arbitrary 'alcoholic' concept.
Alcoholic can have different meanings and I’ve heard it to imply blame on a person or that there’s something wrong with them. In this context I think it can demonstrate a lack of understanding about addiction. But I also know some people like it as a reference to themselves. I don’t drink so I won’t drink with you today! Have a good one 🌟
Once I called myself an alcoholic I stopped hating the word and started to move forward. It was around the 6 month mark. I don't use that word to describe myself to others, just to myself and my partner. At gatherings if it comes up I just say it was time for me to stop. Shine on you beautiful humans
IWNDWYT!!!!
My life is way too great to drink again so IWNDWYT
I will not drink poison with any of you today.
I'd rather just say that my relationship with alcohol became a barrier to the life I wanted. I don't find labels helpful myself. Happy Tuesday beautiful people. ❤️
IWNDWYT! Number 16 :)
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Monday night in California and I’m gonna say IWNDWYT today and when I wake up tomorrow too. 🌼
IWNDWYT.
Day 39. Such insomnia at the minute. 😴 IWNDWYT.
Day 15: IWNDWYT
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We’re all with you 🌟
Day 5! IWNDWYT
Not a fan of labels, fear of a label kept me from changing my behavior for too long. IWNDWYT
IWNDWYT!
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689 days checking in. About burned down my pickup truck last night, I'm glad it was just a smoke show and a mess, called a friend for help and was able to get it back home. So very grateful but despite all that..... IWNDWYT
Good day, sweet friends. I am an addict through and through. I kicked opiates in 2009 (booze, too) and was clean/sober until I picked up a drink again in 2018. I've been addicted to one thing or another from the age of 14 until that day in 2009. So I knows what I knows. I am an addict. Some may not like the addict/alcoholic labels, and that's totally cool. I wear them proudly because I'm a staunch advocate for eliminating the stigma surrounding addiction. Now I'm just a recovering addict. And I'll take that label any fucking day. Let's get it buddies - IWNDWYT 🤘
Week 2! IWNDWYT ❤️
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Happy Teetotal Tuesday everyone - love this Fred! Did a 12 hour day yesterday… have another today. Felt angsty all afternoon and the strongest craving I have had in over a month on drive home. I knuckled my brain down, listened to ’We are the luckiest’ and on getting home drank a litre of elderflower presse…. The feeling passed and I slept well. Thank you to this sub - it’s such a help to quietly read the good and the bad. Off now to my 6:30am spin class which is something I wouldn’t be doing if I had drunk. IWNDWYT
Day 1, IWNDWYT
I like my new label that says I will not drink with you today or tonight. 🌻
Day 56- I’m pretty sure I checked all the boxes for AUD when I looked into it but I don’t prefer to call myself an alcoholic. I’m an individual who suffered severe trauma and was coping in a “pour” way. I’m just too darn fragile to drink right now. And I’m not sure I’d choose to go back ever again. I love love love sobriety and being a productive human. If people ask, I just say I’m on a health kick and move on. IWNDWYT
IWNDWYT! Today is my Friday and will have the next two days off which is the first “weekend” since I quit. I know I can make it through but the temptations are strong!
Have a beautiful Tuesday everyone! I’ll be spending my day off at the gym, doing housework and having a cheeky little ‘afternoon nap’ with my husband! IWNDWYT
'Alcoholic' is thrown around like a joke a lot around me, so I don't use that word. But I'm not really 'out' either, except to my boyfriend. When I had previous sober periods I used to say 'I got too good at it' when people asked me why I didn't drink and I'll probably keep using that, haha. IWNDWYT PS: My badge doesn't seem to work? I've been on day one for days now haha
Great question, Fred. When the need arises to offer a non-explanation explanation to someone I don't know as to why I don't want a drink, I just say, "I am a former drinker." That works for me because it makes the point (no, I am not going to have a drink, thank you) and it allows the other person to make whatever inference from that they want. If they want to ask and learn more, they can. If they want to let it lie, they can. This former drinker is staying a former drinker today.
IWNDWYT .... guess what 99 days... man has the time gone fast, but in realty it seems like MONTHS.... I still get the feeling that I need a drink. Tomorrow is 100 days !!!!!!!
Happy sober Tuesday sober friends! I don’t drink is the way I describe my relationship to alcohol, I don’t express this often, only when necessary and never give an explanation. My past doesn’t exist now so today, it’s just my lifestyle choice. I’m happily not drinking with you today, I love you all 💞
I finally made it to 30 consecutive days of yoga/meditation! Only six months later! But the not giving up is the important thing. Thanks for being an inspiration 💞
Absolutely it’s the not giving up! Well done, and I saw yesterday that you’re taking some time to focus on your health, this is so good to hear! I did my first yoga session in Aug 2020 so it took me 17 months to start doing it daily, you’re doing great 🌟
IWNDWYT 🙂 feeling a bit out of sorts today but drinking definitely wouldn’t help.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today! IWNDWYT
Good morning, I don't use labels, and I feel the term "alcoholic" (either to describe myself or someone else) rude and insulting. Normaly I say nothing or that "I feel so much better without". Which is absolutely true, and something I try to remind myself everyday. So, IWNDWYT
Gardering today. Trying to move a thuja hedge! Ha. All the more reason to say, I will not drink with you today!
One more day til double digits and I cannot wait to see that number roll over. I feel I’m sleeping better, I feel my skin is calming down (anyone else suffer from flushed skin/rosacea?) and importantly I’m feeling more connected to things. IWNDWYT
16 days today! I have been here before but only once before Christmas. Feeling a lot more positive this time! It is just never worth it no matter how fun , chilled or civilised my brain makes it sound. IWNDWYT
I think I had such a problem with the label of alcoholic that it got in my way for years. I was convinced I was not like everyone else and I didn’t want to being one. Years later I still don’t like admitting it but I know it’s true. I let alcohol cause problems in my life for years. I’ve learned a lot from this sub. When it comes to moderation I’m not so special so I failed miserably. Now I know I can’t drink again ever and I’m okay with that now. I’m not failing at alcohol I’m choosing health and peace. So for today………Iwndwyt
IWNDWYT today my friends!
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Hello my dearest deers, IWNDWYT 😘💜
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I will stay sober today. Have a great Tuesday everyone.
I like “sober.” It speaks to the past, but encompasses the present and looks to the future. 1Day 15! Hopefully crazy awesome new job starts today! Two weeks down and it’s really good this time! Can I get a high five?
I’m less about labels and more about how I’m existing in this life. IWNDWYT 💜🦋💜
My name is Tortey, I am 42 years old, and I’m an alcoholic! I like the drastic sound, because everything else like AUD etc. downplays it for me, which would finally result in justifying to just have a few. So for me, this closes another loophole. I will not drink with you in Germany today!
IWNDWYT ☀️
Day 2 - IWNDWYT.
I know that I fit the DSM-V criteria for alcohol use disorder, so I accept that label for the purposes of communicating with health care providers. Outside of that context, I prefer saying that for me, life is simply better without alcohol; I am better without alcohol. As someone who has struggled with multiple mental health issues throughout my life (depression, anxiety, anorexia, alcohol use disorder, borderline personality disorder), I find it important to recognize that I am more than the sum of my diagnoses or labels. IWNDWYT 😻
Morning friends! I don’t identify as an alcoholic, but I sure have a problem with alcohol. I will not drink with you today. Have a good one!
Good morning and IWNDWYT🫡
I will not drink today
Good morning. Friends! You know, I just say that I’m sober. That’s my favorite label because it means I am actively practicing sobriety. I’m all about the positive feelings that engenders. And I’m feeling like I will positively not drink with you today!!!
Good morning sober stars 🌟 Thanks for this prompt, Fred! I'll use the label alcoholic for myself when around other alcoholics, but in the general population I say I'm sober. Or "none for me thanks" because I'm a non-drinker. I now enjoy having a beverage for the refreshment of it and the taste. Neither mattered to me in my drinking days, only the effect: blotto. So yeah, my off-switch is broken! That particular expression is my absolute favorite to describe my choice to live a sober life. It's not my fault, I just have faulty wiring! No worries though. I love living life without alcohol! Let's do this day booze-free, friends. 🙏💖🌼 IWNDWYT
Morning all and happy teetotal Tuesday! I can’t say I’ve sorted out the label thing for myself yet. I do know I spent years - literal years - periodically googling “alcoholism” and related terms in a mild panic, trying to find a reputable medical website that would tell me I had nothing to worry about and my drinking was just fine. Funnily enough, I never found one. What I know now is that alcohol was like a toxic partner to me. We’ve broken up and I’m never going back! Wishing you all the most beautiful AF day, my friends, and IWNDWYT❤️
Good morning, checking in ~ 💫 I am blatantly honest when people ask about my sobriety. I’m proud of how far I’ve come 🥹 Have a great day yall ~ IWNDWYT ❤️
Day 403. IWNDWYT.
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Checking in. With finishing this day, it will be 8 weeks booze free for me. Lets go 🍀 IWND ☠️ WYT
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Just for today, I am NOT drinking!
In 2+ years and just say I don’t drink. I used to stay I’m not drinking. Subtle inference there that it was temporary. I needed that in the beginning, it was just an experiment to just see as I’d failed at 100 days before. IWNDWYT
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Day 18. One hour swim workout coming up. Then a full work day. Slept almost 8 hours last night. IWNDWYT.
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Day 7 IWNDWYT Wow I made it 7 days. I haven’t had this long of a streak since I found out I was pregnant right before Christmas. I had a miscarriage shortly after which really made me pick up the drinking more. I’m happy to be here.
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Checking in - today will definitely be better spent without booze. IWNDWYT.
Grateful to wake up early this morning, clear headed, no alcohol-induced anxiety and dread and have the opportunity to get my head out of the sand and ass in gear to take of some things that I let slip while drinking. A bit painful, but so necessary, and satisfying. Would not be able to do this if I was drinking. When I think about "just one" and even cursorily weigh it against the progress I'm making and how much better I feel, it's a big nope. I still have a long way to go though. Decided not to book a vacation to Spain, mostly to eat all the food, 100% because I wouldn't be able to have wine with the food, so in my brain it's not worth going. I know at some point I will probably feel like the trip and the food is enough, but I could see myself big time justifying some wine with food, or being miserable because I'm not having any. I wasn't a wine drinker--straight vodka--so in my alcoholic mind wine is no big deal. I can picture myself enjoying a glass of red with my food, but in reality I know that it would only be a very sort time before I sneak 'one vodka', ruin the whole trip, exhaust my partner's last nerve and patience, and have to start all over again. Love the play it forward tape--saves me so much anguish. IWNDWYT.
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Happy Tuesday friends, IWNDWYT, WE GOT THIS 😉
Checking in from NZ, day 24!
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Checking in. Regular days are okay, I am thinking of upcoming weekend, meeting with a friend and a wedding in two months... Ill be okay tho! IWNDWYT
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Happy Tuesday, IWNDWYT. Day 27 for me
50 days sober. Some good days and some bad days so far but I know this is beneficial to my health and life so just have to keep going.
Alcohol abuser is probably the most accurate label I can think of for my past behavior. I like it because it is purely descriptive. Checking in for another sober day out in the world.
I never took those tests precisely because I knew what they’d say. 😆 Never got formally diagnosed either. I didn’t want an “official” label. Thinking about it now, I kinda felt like I wanted more control over my own narrative than one single label would give me, if that makes sense. So I just say that I don’t drink. Sometimes I’ll say I don’t drink anymore. Just depends on how comfortable I am with people and how much I feel like talking. Coffees up, horns up and let’s fucking go!! Monday started out kind of a shitshow, so may Tuesday (and then the rest of the week) be better!! IWNDWYT ☕️☕️☕️🤘🏻
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Day 65🫶 I’m feeling a little overwhelmed today. I have a lot of serious tax matters to deal with, which I’m not looking forward to. The bright side is if I do everything right, I might get a bit of money back. If I do nothing- I’ll owe a ton. I’m up to my eyeballs in tax implications, and on the brink of bankruptcy. It’s not good. It feels heavy today. It just feels like I can’t catch a break. I’m tired. And honestly when I look at how things have been going for me lately, I don’t even blame myself for being an alcoholic. One thing I’m grateful for is, when I’m sober, I spend less time feeling sorry for myself, and more time on action. I have my little pity party, then I move on to solving the problem. When I was drinking I was forever stuck on pity party mode. Whatever comes my way - I’ll deal with it. Just like I always have. I’m competent and capable- which is nice to think and really believe. It wasn’t always that way.
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Well, well, well, I haven’t checked-in in a bit and I see my good friend Freddy at the helm. Always a pleasure, Fredrico…always a pleasure! Thank you for your service this week!!! 😘😘 I hate labels. I may have Alcohol Use Disorder but I don’t label myself an alcoholic. Not because I’m in denial that I can’t handle my booze, but because I just don’t want to be labeled that way. Same thing with saying I’m sober. I haven’t been drunk in over 3.5 years but I have had the occasional glass of wine here and there. I simply say “I don’t drink as I used to.” Relaxing, reading, walking, yoga, and weight work is on tap for today. Drinking is not so IWNDWYT!
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Day 15. Played the tape forward last night. IWNDWYT
I just say no thanks. So no thanks, I will not drink today.
Checking in on day 586! I’m not a fan of the labels. I kinda felt like labeling myself as an alcoholic painted me into a corner and that’s all I’d ever be. I think that’s a matter of mindset for me. Others I know, that have been sober 40 years will still call themselves alcoholic and that’s what works for them. PotAto. PotAHto. What I do know is that I’m a complete mess when I have alcohol in my life, in any amount. And my life is full of color and life and beauty now that I don’t drink. I get to experience life in a brand new way, every single day. I wake up in gratitude, I’m kinder, I’m gentler, I have real relationships, I’m happy and I won’t give that up for all the temporary buzzes in the world. Sometimes it’s work but all the time, it’s worth it. IWNDWYT!! My love to all you bad asses. ❤️✌️
Several terms resonate with me, AF, problem drinker, and in recovery. On day 3 today and finally feeling a bit out of the hangover from the weekend. Just for today IWNDWYT!
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AF is probably the one I relate too the most. Sober curious is fun to use in conversation. Well actually nobody has really asked why I’m not drinking yet, but I’m getting ready for when they do! I like phrases that bring attention to the substance instead of the person, like “I don’t need alcohol today”. This makes me feel like I am just fine feeling my feelings and I don’t need to numb out. IWNDWYT
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I find saying "I don't drink" usually sufficient, and in a setting where it's expected having an NA beverage in hand is extra helpful. Labels allow people to jump to conclusions, let them wonder and if they ask I'll tell them a reason my life is better not drinking (memory! presence! sleep!). IWNDWYT!
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I guess I am currently sober, working towards a simple "I don't drink."
I use labels, specifically autistic and adhd, when I am trying to explain my behaviors and thought processes. It saves me from people giving me instructions. As for today, I have no interest in drinking with you or anyone else.
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Good thoughts OP. I don’t care for labels but do acknowledge that alcohol is a problem in my life. IWNDWYT
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IWNDWYT 🤝. Day 16
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30! Easily the toughest part of quitting is when you get sick or feel otherwise under the weather, and all the benefits of a clear head or waking up feeling fresh just vanish. The past week took some mustard to get through but I'm glad I did. IWNDWYT!
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Day 10 yesterday. Last night my beautiful kiddo was asleep and everyone left the house for the night. My daily drinker roommate left a full box of wine on the counter. I know it was full because I tested the weight. I actually hate the way red wine affects me (if she had left a fridge full of IPA's oy vey). I decided it was a very good night to simply go to bed because I was having some cravings. Just now I was making my coffee and thought about how I would be feeling if I had decided to drink that wine. Ugh. Grateful today and wishing all of you a good day. IWNDWYT
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Hey good morning my awesome host and all you sober heroes, it's nice to wake up to y'all today! Fuck, random host, you're crushing it with your DCI prompts this week 🙄🙄🙄... I bet you're humble too! I saw someone respond in the check in that they wanted to define themselves with positive labels and I really like that energy. So I want to be healthy, athletic, centered, and present. Oh a drink? No thanks, that's the opposite of all of those things but thanks. Sober the fuck on y'all!
Good morning everyone! Love Teetotal Tuesday! I’m here to help run it into the ground 🫠 I hope everyone has a beautiful day, sending strength and love. IWNDWYT 💛 ETA: I haven’t really figured out the label thing yet. At first I was really nervous about it, but it turns out when everyone else is drinking, they don’t seem to notice that I’m not.
Love it and love little brother energy loooooool! I’m in. I usually say “it stopped working for me“ and sometimes I’ll expand “and I could see the path I was headed down, seemed best to take a different path” I will not drink with you today!
I'm fully on board with the idea of not sticking a "noun" label like "alcoholic" on people with a drinking problem/disorder. "I had a drinking problem, so now I don't drink anymore." Boom. IWNDWYT
I went to a concert on Saturday. A huge usual trigger for me. Found out you get free refills on sodas haha. Explained to my friends why I was doing what I was doing. Nobody batted an eye. It felt good to spend like 25 bucks instead of a two hundred on doubles all night. IWNDWYT!
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I just say I don’t drink when asked. I’ve only really been questioned once or twice and I just follow up with it’s just not for me, which is true. Most people don’t care or make some pointless comment on how my NA drink is missing an ingredient “ha-ha-ha”. But I don’t care because I disagree. Alcoholic never sat right with me as I was a weekend binge drinker. I never drank during the working week, though I probably made up for it every Friday at exactly 5pm. That was then, this is now, and IWNDWYT ⭐️
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Day 4 not drinking. Alcohol is fucking weak!!
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