# 6,575 days ago today... **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-575-days-ago-today/488313 **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **Created:** [March 4, 2009, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-575-days-ago-today/488313 "2009-03-04T20:21:36Z") **Posts on this page:** 20 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai) #### Post date: [March 4, 2009, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-575-days-ago-today/488313/1 "2009-03-04T20:21:36Z")
I got sober! 🆒 Yep, I have been drink and drug free for 18 years. Wow. It has been a wild ride, but thank gods it’s not over yet! 😃 ---
### Author: ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U) #### Post date: [March 4, 2009, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-575-days-ago-today/488313/2 "2009-03-04T21:08:07Z")
Happy Birthday, EJsGirl! ---
### Author: ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard) #### Post date: [March 4, 2009, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-575-days-ago-today/488313/3 "2009-03-04T21:19:15Z")
Congratulations! ---
### Author: ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes) #### Post date: [March 4, 2009, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-575-days-ago-today/488313/4 "2009-03-04T21:22:30Z")
Good going, EJsGirl! 😃 ---
### Author: ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx) #### Post date: [March 4, 2009, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-575-days-ago-today/488313/5 "2009-03-04T21:29:44Z")
> [@Missy2U](#): > > Happy Birthday, EJsGirl! Someone didn’t read the whole OP! Congratulations on your sobriety, **EJsGirl**. ---
### Author: ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative) #### Post date: [March 4, 2009, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-575-days-ago-today/488313/6 "2009-03-04T21:46:49Z")
[singing] Happy Birthday to you Happy Birthday to you Happy Birthday Dear **EJsGirl** Happy Birthday to you Keep coming back! [/singing] ---
### Author: ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ) #### Post date: [March 4, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-575-days-ago-today/488313/7 "2009-03-04T21:48:28Z")
Great job! I just passed 10 months sober and am doing fantastic! ---
### 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: [March 4, 2009, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-575-days-ago-today/488313/8 "2009-03-04T21:55:12Z")
Wow that’s a lot of days! Here’s to many many many many many more! ---
### Author: ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria) #### Post date: [March 4, 2009, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-575-days-ago-today/488313/9 "2009-03-04T22:06:50Z")
Sweet! Congratulations, **EJsGirl**. ---
### Author: ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai) #### Post date: [March 4, 2009, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-575-days-ago-today/488313/10 "2009-03-04T22:15:42Z")
> [@Madd\_Maxx](#): > > Someone didn’t read the whole OP! Actually, we do call them birthdays out in SoCal- other places call them anniversaries. And thanks, **spooje** - I won’t hear it until next week (taking chips Mon & Tues). ---
### Author: ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook) #### Post date: [March 4, 2009, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-575-days-ago-today/488313/11 "2009-03-04T23:25:04Z")
Good job. Proud of you. ---
### Author: ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster) #### Post date: [March 5, 2009, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-575-days-ago-today/488313/12 "2009-03-05T01:35:21Z")
Happy sobriety birthday. “Believe the promises, for they are true.” ---
### Author: ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23) #### Post date: [March 5, 2009, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-575-days-ago-today/488313/13 "2009-03-05T01:38:40Z")
Congratulations! ---
### Author: ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan) #### Post date: [March 5, 2009, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-575-days-ago-today/488313/14 "2009-03-05T02:39:45Z")
The whole world is better for it. Congratulations, **EJsGirl**! Regards, Shodan ---
### Author: ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan) #### Post date: [March 5, 2009, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-575-days-ago-today/488313/15 "2009-03-05T02:45:45Z")
Dat’s a lotta ODAAT! Promises coming true for you too? hugs, QtM, somewhere around 6,825 or so. ---
### Author: ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai) #### Post date: [March 5, 2009, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-575-days-ago-today/488313/16 "2009-03-05T03:12:17Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > The whole world is better for it. Especially the ones driving on the freeway… 😉 > [@](#): > > QtM, somewhere around 6,825 or so. But who’s counting, right? 🆒 And hell yeah, comin’ true every day… ---
### Author: ![Snnipe\_70E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@Snnipe\_70E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snnipe_70E) #### Post date: [March 5, 2009, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-575-days-ago-today/488313/17 "2009-03-05T03:59:55Z")
Congrads. There is joy for us in your sucess. God Bless you ---
### Author: ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver) #### Post date: [March 5, 2009, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-575-days-ago-today/488313/18 "2009-03-05T04:18:47Z")
That’s pretty darn impressive. ---
### Author: ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U) #### Post date: [March 5, 2009, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-575-days-ago-today/488313/19 "2009-03-05T16:51:18Z")
> [@EJsGirl](#): > > Actually, we do call them birthdays out in SoCal- other places call them anniversaries. Yep - my mom has been a friend of Bill W. since I was 18 years old. I just turned 43. 😃 She’s had a LOT of birthdays! 😃 ---
### Author: ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest) #### Post date: [March 5, 2009, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-575-days-ago-today/488313/20 "2009-03-05T17:19:28Z")
Happy Sobriety Day! I am very proud of you! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-575-days-ago-today/488313.md?page=2)