# Three years sober **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 12, 2016, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-years-sober/774521 "2016-12-12T15:05:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-years-sober/774521/21 "2016-12-13T13:52:29Z")
Way to go! Spending a short time writing for a Drug and Alcohol Rehab Clinic put the struggle of addiction really into perspective for me. Much respect to you M’lady. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-years-sober/774521/22 "2016-12-13T14:58:39Z")
Thanks, all. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-years-sober/774521/23 "2016-12-13T15:19:31Z")
Congrats! Nice to hear from a fellow Montrealer. You will find, I am told, that the desire for alcohol will wane as you get older. A friend who used to be an alcoholic and now is moderate social drinker told me a couple weeks ago that he just cannot drink as much as he used to even when he was drinking moderately. He is 80. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-years-sober/774521/24 "2016-12-13T16:22:42Z")
Well done Emily. 🙂 Take it one day at a time and the best of luck to you. Also think of the extra cash you’ll have now you’re not pouring it down the drain on booze… ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-years-sober/774521/25 "2016-12-15T03:26:39Z")
Bravo **Em**. I am proud of you. This is a huge deal. You are stronger than you know. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-years-sober/774521/26 "2016-12-15T04:03:42Z")
Congrats Emily! ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-years-sober/774521/27 "2016-12-15T04:04:25Z")
I quit drinking like 20 years ago but will have a bottle on 4th of July or New Year’s Eve. The next day always remind me why I quit. I have a bottle of MD 2020 in my icebox since New Year’s Eve and it’s coming up again in little over two weeks. Will I drink it? I doubt it. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-years-sober/774521/28 "2016-12-15T06:04:38Z")
Congrats! But don’t think of it as merely not drinking. Think of it as being in control of your life and your future, in all senses. You have the power! ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-years-sober/774521/29 "2016-12-15T12:45:25Z")
Thanks, everyone. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-years-sober/774521/30 "2016-12-15T13:44:32Z")
A toast to Emi…oh…wait. Um Let’s eat toast with Emily! ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-years-sober/774521/31 "2016-12-16T01:23:12Z")
🙂 I still do toasts with my friends, with whatever I happen to be drinking. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-years-sober/774521/32 "2016-12-16T02:31:36Z")
I was just going to say we can all raise a glass of something to **EmilyG** for sure. I’m doing Sprite, myself. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-years-sober/774521.md?page=1)