Good morning, fellow sobernauts, IWNDWYT, 😁!

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 c/stop drinking 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, let’s not drink alcohol!

  • Vinny_93@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    5 days ago

    My story today: I’ve been debating getting a smart watch for some time now. Well, I had one, but it only lasted about a day and I couldn’t be bothered to wear it anymore.

    I’ve now bought a hybrid smartwatch which lasts over a month. As a bit of an analytics geek, I like tracking stuff like exercise, sleep, body weight, etc. I also like the idea of being able to see trends over time truth historical data.

    And my watch told me that I don’t really sleep deeply. Which is a factor in restoring your energy for the next day. Factors that affect this are going to bed late and drinking too close to bedtime. So I’m on a sort of experiment to see if I can get back some deep sleep by not drinking for a while, or at least be more mindful of it on weekdays. I started this last Sunday and I’m still doing okay, even though I had a bit of a tough day at work yesterday and I felt like having a drink but I didn’t.

    I really hope at some point I will wake up refreshed and my watch will tell me the same. If it doesn’t, I feel I might as well have a lil drink each night…

    And before anyone tries to tell me that my watch isn’t showing me empirical truths and it’s just guessing based on heart rate and movement metrics, I know. I just need the confirmation bias at this point.

    • raoul@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      3·
      5 days ago

      Alcohol (and Cannabis) definitively negatively impact our sleep.

      Good luck with your little experiment 😊

      • Vinny_93@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        5 days ago

        I stopped smoking weed right before I graduated from college. Those days are pretty much behind me. Alcohol is still a big one though.

        And thanks! I will report back in a week or so.