Originally Posted by 1newcreation

happy new year '16! May the lord bless each & every one of you;grow to truly know him coz he's the only one that can fill up the hole in your soul. Do not substitute one addiction for another ie start or heavily smoke more or binge eating or porn...fill in the blank & instead try getting addicted to god! Requesting my 1st 24 in new yr pls

Originally Posted by Grace2

Happy New Year to you all. It's been a while since I posted, well since my beloved father passed away in February, but I'm still sober and I'm doing okay. 2015 wasn't a good year for me for lots of reasons so hopefully things can only get better. I had a job remembering my password and it will take me a while to get my bearings again but I hope to be checking in regularly and catching up with my friends. I'd like to thank you all for your support and it is lovely to see so many familiar names still posting. Love to you all. xxxx

Originally Posted by venuscat

Originally Posted by toby2159

07.13 UK and want my first 24 hrs of 2016 sober.

Happy New Year everyone!

Originally Posted by biminiblue

Something I figured out early on this site is that I had a memory for peoples' usernames and for their stories.

One day in the first six months of sobriety I was on my favorite hike and I got one of those thoughts of drinking that was really persistent. I started thinking about how everyone here would tell me not to do it, and I started listing every username I could think of in my head. I bet I came up with thirty or so, from memory. Every username I thought of, I thought, "Oh, he/she would tell me not to do it, he/she is on my side, they are pulling for me, they are fighting the same fight, etc." It worked.

The list on this thread usually has 40-60 names a day. If you are struggling, write them down, or print the list and carry it with you. We are your people. We want you to succeed.

Happy New Year, all you crazy-named people.

24 more for me, please. 6:24 AM

Originally Posted by solow

Hello. I'm here too, 09:47 GMT last night I opted out of 2 dangerous NYE celebration options and stayed in with my mum and brother. Laughed more than I ever would at any party and woke up hangover free. 24 please

Originally Posted by endlesspatience

A new day has begun. I went to help in a homeless shelter serving breakfast this morning. It was actually really nice just to eat cereal and drink coffee and chat with the guys. It was an enormous boost to my recovery.

Originally Posted by formerbeerlover

lots of folks will be making resolutions today. Some will include quitting drinking among them. What i love about this thread is that it doesn't have to be new year's day, this thread is an open invite, 24/7/365 (or in case of this year 366), to let everybody else know that today i will not drink. Doesn't matter if this is day 1, week 1, month 1 or year 1 or beyond, by checking in here you are making a public commitment to stay sober for today and after all, the past is gone and tomorrow is always in the future, so today is all we have for certain. Together, we can do this!!!!!

With all that said, it's now 6:10 am and i'm with you all for another day sober.

Originally Posted by Optimist4ever57

One drink last night has brought me back to the beginning. At 7am here, I have 7 clean hours under my belt and am praying for a full 24.

Happy New Year to all 🎉