# 10 years sober
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-years-sober/684240
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [March 21, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-years-sober/684240 "2014-03-21T18:55:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-years-sober/684240/1 "2014-03-21T18:55:10Z")
Today is the day.
10 years clean and sober.
Yay me!
Slee
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### Author:  [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2014, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-years-sober/684240/2 "2014-03-21T18:59:53Z")
You rock.
Your sister, tapu
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### Author:  [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2014, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-years-sober/684240/3 "2014-03-21T19:12:42Z")
Congraulations!
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### Author:  [@StayseaDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StayseaDee)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-years-sober/684240/4 "2014-03-21T19:38:59Z")
What an amazing feat. Congrats to you!
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### Author:  [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2014, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-years-sober/684240/5 "2014-03-21T19:53:00Z")
Wish I could get a day sober ☹
Not doin’ well here.
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### Author:  [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2014, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-years-sober/684240/6 "2014-03-21T20:01:05Z")
Congrats Sleestack. Thanks for the example.
[ ](http://i644.photobucket.com/albums/uu166/rbrich/DSCF2753_zpsa6e0277a.jpg)
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### Author:  [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-years-sober/684240/7 "2014-03-21T20:15:04Z")
Nice going. 4.5 months for me 🙂
question for you: Are you still (did you ever) go to AA type meetings or just gut it out on your own?
Is it still a daily “issue” for you?
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### Author:  [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-years-sober/684240/8 "2014-03-21T20:30:56Z")
Congratulations!
I had a slip last October but am back on track with more intensive therapy. One day I will hit ten years, I hope!
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### Author:  [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2014, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-years-sober/684240/9 "2014-03-21T20:48:19Z")
Congrats, **sleestak**!
I’ve only been a few months sober (with one accidental sip of beer, but that was uningtentional.)
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### Author:  [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2014, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-years-sober/684240/10 "2014-03-21T21:49:21Z")
Yay you!
What are you doing with all the money saved by not buying booze?
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2014, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-years-sober/684240/11 "2014-03-21T21:56:25Z")
Great news for you and all your kin. I just realized that it’s been 32 years this month since I quit smoking. It’s a good feeling.
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### Author:  [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2014, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-years-sober/684240/12 "2014-03-21T22:22:01Z")
Hellava thing, hope you can get to 20.
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### Author:  [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2014, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-years-sober/684240/13 "2014-03-21T23:03:00Z")
Well done! 2 and a bit years for me, seeing people who’ve kept it up is always inspiring. So many thanks for posting this thread.
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### Author:  [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2014, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-years-sober/684240/14 "2014-03-21T23:04:40Z")
Congrats on the double digits!
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### Author:  [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-years-sober/684240/15 "2014-03-21T23:08:59Z")
Congrats. I’ve watched my sister become sober (who I think is on five now) and it wasn’t easy (but for her, it got a LOT easier after about eighteen months). Here is to another ten! (But toast with something non-alcoholic :))
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### Author:  [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2014, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-years-sober/684240/16 "2014-03-21T23:09:54Z")
Congratulations!
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### Author:  [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2014, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-years-sober/684240/17 "2014-03-21T23:29:47Z")
> [@Lanzy](#):
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> Hellava thing, hope you can get to 20.
It’s one day at a time. Right?
I’ve been sober for 23 years now and find that the only time I feel like I’m getting into trouble is when I forget about “one day at a time” and start to obsess about how long I’ve been sober or make plans about what to do when I’ve been sober for a greater length of time.
It is truly a very dangerous thing to do. It’s so much safer to just stick to one day at a time.
In the meantime, I like to watch movies like Clean & Sober with Michael Keaton. It may not be a great movie. But I find it gives me something to take my mind off of having a drink.
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### Author:  [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2014, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-years-sober/684240/18 "2014-03-21T23:36:17Z")
> [@Atomic\_Mama](#):
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> Wish I could get a day sober ☹
>
> Not doin’ well here.
You might feel a whole lot better if you get out and attend a meeting and share your problems with others.
You never can tell what might happen. Hopefully, it will be something good for you.
It all depends on your desire to stay sober today.
Do you desire to stay sober today?
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### Author:  [@randompattern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randompattern)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2014, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-years-sober/684240/19 "2014-03-21T23:45:45Z")
Good Work!
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### Author:  [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2014, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-years-sober/684240/20 "2014-03-22T00:39:55Z")
Congratulations, and best of luck making it to that third digit…
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