# one year sober this Sunday! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 26, 2003, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-sober-this-sunday/215464 "2003-11-26T22:27:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-sober-this-sunday/215464/21 "2003-11-27T20:55:28Z")
Your family might not show it all the time, but they’re no doubt ecstatic. So keep your wonderful streak going - just one day at a time! (If my math is right, Qadgop and I stopped around the same time. Date of my last drink: 3/12/90. Never ever thought I’d be so lucky.) ---
**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 28, 2003, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-sober-this-sunday/215464/22 "2003-11-28T00:27:33Z")
Ya got about 100 days on me, **antiochus**. 1st day alcohol and drug free: 6/21/90 ---
**Author:** ![shannablu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@shannablu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shannablu)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-sober-this-sunday/215464/23 "2003-11-28T00:46:17Z")
Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![Finnie\_the\_Pooh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@Finnie\_the\_Pooh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finnie_the_Pooh)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-sober-this-sunday/215464/24 "2003-11-28T02:35:58Z")
Congratulations, and keep on drying. Dec 22 will be 23 years for me. You can do it too! ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-sober-this-sunday/215464/25 "2003-11-28T03:26:52Z")
**Art** , if you come to the NYC Megadopefest in January, you’ll have me as a sober buddy to hang out with. Email me anyway! [scottevil@ca.inter.net](mailto:scottevil@ca.inter.net) ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-sober-this-sunday/215464/26 "2003-11-28T03:29:33Z")
You poor basta… I mean congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stranger\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@The\_Stranger\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stranger_1)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-sober-this-sunday/215464/27 "2003-11-28T05:43:59Z")
You all give me hope. Last drink- April, 2003 That’s when I admitted to myself that binge drinking _IS_ alcoholism. Prior to that it was: “problem? I don’t have no stinking problem!” ---
**Author:** ![wendyrules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/85e7bf/32.png) [@wendyrules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wendyrules)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-sober-this-sunday/215464/28 "2003-11-28T11:58:56Z")
Well done **Art**!! I wish I had the guts and willpower to be able to say the same. Keep it up and keep up the self-pride that you must certainly be feeling. ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-sober-this-sunday/215464/29 "2003-11-28T16:10:37Z")
You folks who have quit just ROCK!!! Congratulations! \ ---
**Author:** ![FreeRange\_Maniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/97f17d/32.png) [@FreeRange\_Maniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FreeRange_Maniac)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-sober-this-sunday/215464/30 "2003-11-28T17:33:48Z")
Congratulations, Art!! My husband has 8 years now, and some of it has not been easy. I have great respect for anyone who can admit their powerlessness (is that a word?) ---
**Author:** ![pencilpusher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d6d6ee/32.png) [@pencilpusher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pencilpusher)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-sober-this-sunday/215464/31 "2003-11-28T17:38:32Z")
It’s been 3 years for me as of Monday so I know where your coming from. Good luck and keep up the fantastic work. Your liver thanks you!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-sober-this-sunday/215464/32 "2003-11-30T11:51:58Z")
Congratulations! You’ll never regret it! -Dry since October '86 ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-sober-this-sunday/215464/33 "2003-11-30T12:19:38Z")
Congrats **Art** , and **The\_Stranger** too. Hang on to that hope. ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-sober-this-sunday/215464/34 "2003-11-30T12:21:01Z")
Congratulations and my utmost respect to **Art** , **Scott Evil** , **Qadgop** , and all the rest of you. Addiction is one curse I’ve been spared, but I know those who haven’t, and I’m proud of you for overcoming it and continuing to do so. CJ ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-sober-this-sunday/215464/35 "2003-12-01T11:45:57Z")
**Seige** , for me, it’s pretty simple, especially since I was sober for about three years (after bottoming out while in university) before going off on a hellish three-year slip, bottoming out even lower than I could have imagined, and getting sober again: I drink. Bad things happen to me, my life deteriorates, my sanity goes down the toilet, and I no longer want to live. (And it all starts with one drink; my slip did.) I stay sober. Good things happen to me, my life gets better each day, I regain my sanity and then some, and I can look forward to a happy life. 🙂 Yup, pretty simple. It’s really sad that so many people who need to “get it” just don’t, either because of (false) pride, ego, fear (to admit you can’t handle alcohol, period), or just plain stubbornness. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-sober-this-sunday/215464/36 "2003-12-01T11:47:24Z")
Oh, and **Art** , I’m sure you’ll be checking this thread once you get back to a computer. Email me! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-sober-this-sunday/215464/37 "2003-12-01T14:28:36Z")
Did anyone find that quitting smoking was many times harder than kicking booze? ---
**Author:** ![Lola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@Lola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lola)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-sober-this-sunday/215464/38 "2003-12-01T15:32:18Z")
Well done, guy. I quit for a while last year but, being the moron I am, started again. They were the happiest, most productive weeks I’ve had since I was sixteen. So, serious attempt no. 2 starts very soon (he said, procrastinating like a bastard.) And yes, **Antiochus** , quitting drinking is irritating. Quitting smoking is like losing a loved one. Jeez, I wish I’d behaved when I was younger. ---
**Author:** ![Aries28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Aries28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aries28)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-sober-this-sunday/215464/39 "2003-12-01T15:50:33Z")
Congrats to all of you who are celebrating milestones in your quest to stay clean and sober. May you have many, many more. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-sober-this-sunday/215464/40 "2003-12-01T16:18:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by scott evil \* > **And it all starts with one drink; my slip did.** Not to be cheeky, but how else could it start? Two drinks? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-sober-this-sunday/215464.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-sober-this-sunday/215464.md?page=3)