# My seven year sober anniversary **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 30, 2009, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-seven-year-sober-anniversary/519459 "2009-11-30T14:27:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-seven-year-sober-anniversary/519459/1 "2009-11-30T14:27:53Z")
Just thought I’d share: Today marks seven years without alcohol, marijuana, meth, or any other substances. And man, where DID the time go? Now if I could only kick the coffee habit… ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-seven-year-sober-anniversary/519459/2 "2009-11-30T14:33:22Z")
Congratulations! I had a two-year alcohol-free anniversary on Halloween. I’m NEVER kicking my coffee habit though !! ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-seven-year-sober-anniversary/519459/3 "2009-11-30T14:34:34Z")
Congratulations - it must have taken a lot of strength and courage to quit. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-seven-year-sober-anniversary/519459/4 "2009-11-30T14:40:17Z")
Congratulations, that’s a serious achievement. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-seven-year-sober-anniversary/519459/5 "2009-11-30T14:47:41Z")
Believe the promises, they are true! Best, twicks ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-seven-year-sober-anniversary/519459/6 "2009-11-30T14:57:52Z")
Happy birthday, **Superman**! If the substances were a problem for you, I guess you _really are_ “new and improved” without 'em, huh? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-seven-year-sober-anniversary/519459/7 "2009-11-30T15:17:08Z")
Congratulations, wishing you continued success! ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-seven-year-sober-anniversary/519459/8 "2009-11-30T16:08:49Z")
> [@On another topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/519473/8): > > I know someone that is trying to give up coffee. They’d love your coffee jokes.. if i was silly enough to share them. I just came from another thread telling you to knock it off. Quit threadshitting, **Mr Happy**. You have an official warning. **Ellen Cherry MPSIMS Moderator** ---
**Author:** ![sleestak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-seven-year-sober-anniversary/519459/9 "2009-11-30T16:15:02Z")
Congrats! That totally rocks. Isn’t it wonderful? Slee 5 years and 8 months but I’ll catch you one of these days 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-seven-year-sober-anniversary/519459/10 "2009-11-30T16:29:29Z")
Congratulations today and every day ------ one day at a time. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-seven-year-sober-anniversary/519459/11 "2009-11-30T17:16:50Z")
Congrats, man. > [@sleestak](#): > > Slee > 5 years and 8 months but I’ll catch you one of these days 😉 Funny - you and I must have quit within a month of each other. Well, I quit drinking, tho I still inhale on occasion when given the opportunity. ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-seven-year-sober-anniversary/519459/12 "2009-11-30T17:20:21Z")
Congrats. man. Keep coming back. Soulbro, eight years clean and serene ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-seven-year-sober-anniversary/519459/13 "2009-11-30T18:54:32Z")
Quick mod note: the post **Ellen Cherry** moderated has been removed. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-seven-year-sober-anniversary/519459/14 "2009-11-30T19:14:42Z")
Quite an achievement, to be sure. Congratulations! I’ve heard giving up caffeine is difficult too, and that (if you’re serious about it, I can’t tell), it should be done gradually, to avoid headaches. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-seven-year-sober-anniversary/519459/15 "2009-11-30T19:17:44Z")
Good job **New and Improved Superman**! 7 years is a long time, and you deserve a pat on the back. How much better is “life after” as compared to “life before”? ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-seven-year-sober-anniversary/519459/16 "2009-11-30T19:38:40Z")
Wow, what an occasion, this calls for a dr…NO no, do not make a stupid joke here. Congrats!!! Really. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2009, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-seven-year-sober-anniversary/519459/17 "2009-11-30T19:45:03Z")
Congrats, that’s great. Get a 7 year medallion, and pass on your old one to someone who has just arrived at 6 years. At least that’s what I do. Remember, though: After a couple of years of sobriety are achieved, the one in the meeting with the longest sobriety is the one who got up earliest that day. 😉 ODAAT, QtM ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-seven-year-sober-anniversary/519459/18 "2009-11-30T20:15:45Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Congrats, that’s great. Get a 7 year medallion, and pass on your old one to someone who has just arrived at 6 years. At least that’s what I do. > > Remember, though: After a couple of years of sobriety are achieved, the one in the meeting with the longest sobriety is the one who got up earliest that day. 😉 > > ODAAT, > > QtM [slight hijack] **QtM** , I hope you don’t pass on _all_ of your “chips”; when my father passed away, he had 32 years of sobriety. His chips were lovingly passed among his five daughters and many grandchildren! I have his five-year chip (along with one of his pipes, and my “share” of his ashes ;)), and I treasure it. I mean, I’m not lookin’ for you to buy the farm anytime soon or anything, but while I’m sure those chips mean a _lot_ to the people you pass them on to, some of them will mean a lot to your family some day, too.[/sh] ---
**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:** [November 30, 2009, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-seven-year-sober-anniversary/519459/19 "2009-11-30T22:31:38Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > [slight hijack] **QtM** , I hope you don’t pass on _all_ of your “chips”; when my father passed away, he had 32 years of sobriety. His chips were lovingly passed among his five daughters and many grandchildren! I have his five-year chip (along with one of his pipes, and my “share” of his ashes ;)), and I treasure it. > > I mean, I’m not lookin’ for you to buy the farm anytime soon or anything, but while I’m sure those chips mean a _lot_ to the people you pass them on to, some of them will mean a lot to your family some day, too.[/sh] I’ve probably a couple lying around, but frankly I feel that passing the chip on to another recovering person is more meaningful (and possibly beneficial) than leaving them as heirlooms. My kids will have a ton of non-AA stuff that was meaningful to me to remember me by. If one of my kids were in recovery, that’d be a different story. And if they achieve that status after my demise, as I said, they can dig around and find a medallion or two from AA. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-seven-year-sober-anniversary/519459/20 "2009-11-30T23:16:29Z")
Well, this is freakin’ awesome. Having never fought that battle I can’t imagine how much dedication it must have taken. As a person who has lost loved ones to addiction, I thank you for your hard work. Seriously, go out and do something wonderful for yourself (besides being sober, I mean.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-seven-year-sober-anniversary/519459.md?page=2)