# 5 years sober yesterday **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 26, 2009, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-years-sober-yesterday/494441 "2009-04-26T22:54:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![hroark2112](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6a8cbe/32.png) [@hroark2112](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hroark2112)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-years-sober-yesterday/494441/21 "2009-04-28T07:47:20Z")
Congrats!!! 5 years is pretty freaking awesome!! I hit 14 years last July, so I’m hoping to hit 15 soon. I remember when I thought 90 days was out of reach, and 1 year was impossible. Tonight was my night to buy beer for one of my hockey teams, it always feels weird to be picking out beer that I never drank and driving him with the extras. Of course, I did pack my Diet Mt. Dew in the cooler (on top!) so they didn’t have to drink alone. Keep up the good work 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-years-sober-yesterday/494441/22 "2009-04-28T13:07:10Z")
> [@hroark2112](#): > > Tonight was my night to buy beer for one of my hockey teams, it always feels weird to be picking out beer that I never drank and driving him with the extras. Of course, I did pack my Diet Mt. Dew in the cooler (on top!) so they didn’t have to drink alone. Doesn’t it piss you off when you buy yourself something NA, and all the people who CAN drink hit your stash? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![jujuju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@jujuju](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jujuju)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-years-sober-yesterday/494441/23 "2009-04-28T13:57:18Z")
Congratulations! It’s great to hear someone make it so long. I’ve got 50 days here, and am already able to do things I had totally given up on, most importantly with my kids. So many things in post #14 are already true for me too, I won’t bother to repeat, but I am so glad to hear that you’ve made it 5 years and are happy! Keep it up! ---
**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-years-sober-yesterday/494441/24 "2009-04-28T14:37:55Z")
Excellent! One year for me yesterday and I can’t wait to get to where you are now! ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-years-sober-yesterday/494441/25 "2009-04-28T14:46:27Z")
Cheers! :o Errr…well done. 🙂 Seriously, this is not only really good for you personally, but it serves to help and inspire other people with the same addiction. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-years-sober-yesterday/494441/26 "2009-04-28T15:06:56Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > My kids were of an age where I realized my drinking posed quite a poor example. > > Sure is nice to know DUI is one thing I won’t need to worry about. Wow, as a child of an alcoholic (with his own DUI), let me congratulate you again for your kids!!! I wish my pa would have as much sense as you. ---
**Author:** ![Theodore\_Striker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Theodore\_Striker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Theodore_Striker)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-years-sober-yesterday/494441/27 "2009-04-28T15:07:05Z")
Great for you dinsdale, not much else to say beyond that! ---
**Author:** ![hroark2112](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6a8cbe/32.png) [@hroark2112](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hroark2112)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-years-sober-yesterday/494441/28 "2009-04-28T19:29:49Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > Doesn’t it piss you off when you buy yourself something NA, and all the people who CAN drink hit your stash? 😛 ABSOLFREAKINGLUTELY!!! Luckily, I’m smarter than they are. I ended up with 2 coolers, and stashed 3 dews in one cooler and 3 in the other (under all the Coronas!) so when they snaked my dew, I had backup! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-years-sober-yesterday/494441.md?page=1)