# Today I'm celebrating...
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-im-celebrating/336785
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [December 22, 2005, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-im-celebrating/336785 "2005-12-22T12:24:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2005, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-im-celebrating/336785/1 "2005-12-22T12:24:01Z")
20 years clean and sober.
**20 years**!
Yay me!
😃😃😃😃😃
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### Author:  [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2005, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-im-celebrating/336785/2 "2005-12-22T12:25:46Z")
> [@twickster](#):
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> 20 years clean and sober.
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> **20 years**!
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> Yay me!
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> 😃😃😃😃😃
That is INCREDIBLY awesome!!! (And I mean that in both the vernacular sense and the “full of awe” sense!)
Congratulations to you! 😃
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### Author:  [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2005, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-im-celebrating/336785/3 "2005-12-22T12:49:30Z")
YAY **twicks**! That is incredibly awesome! Good for you!
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### Author:  [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2005, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-im-celebrating/336785/4 "2005-12-22T13:30:06Z")
That is fabulous!!!
Robin
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### Author:  [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2005, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-im-celebrating/336785/5 "2005-12-22T13:37:36Z")
:: Gives **Twicks** a nice, clean, celebratory kiss - SMOOCH !!! ::
Way to go!
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### Author:  [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2005, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-im-celebrating/336785/6 "2005-12-22T13:42:52Z")
Congratulations! Enjoy your victory!
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### Author:  [@roshia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roshia)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2005, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-im-celebrating/336785/7 "2005-12-22T14:08:55Z")
Damn that’s impressive. Good going, twickster!
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### Author:  [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2005, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-im-celebrating/336785/8 "2005-12-22T14:57:29Z")
Awesome! Great job **Twicks!**
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### Author:  [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2005, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-im-celebrating/336785/9 "2005-12-22T15:00:27Z")
Good for you **twickster**! Quit right before Christmas and New Years, eh? I’d like to hear that story.
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### Author:  [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2005, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-im-celebrating/336785/10 "2005-12-22T15:01:49Z")
:::::Throws Confetti!::::::::::
Awesome !
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### Author:  [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2005, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-im-celebrating/336785/11 "2005-12-22T15:05:21Z")
Congratulations! 🙂
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### Author:  [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2005, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-im-celebrating/336785/12 "2005-12-22T15:08:46Z")
This calls for a toast!
oh. wait.
I kid, I kid. Congrats.
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### Author:  [@MizGrand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizGrand)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2005, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-im-celebrating/336785/13 "2005-12-22T15:25:25Z")
What a huge feat. I’m extremely proud of you! 😃🆒
Unless you’ve been through it, you honestly can’t imagine it.
September 23, 1990 for me. Did you get your chip? I don’t go to meetings anymore but have a contact that gets me my chips for my milestones. Not sure exactly why I desire them, but when it comes down to it, they are a great source of pride and something I will discuss seriously with my boys when they are older.
Is your past life now just a bad memory? Mine seems like someone else’s life in retrospection. Not saying I don’t remember the nasty sleazy stuff that went along with it, but I’ve come to the point where I can _almost_ forgive myself of it. I’m **very** thankful that my husband never knew that person. He’s probably a little less happy, since I was a horny bitch, but I believe that the responsible married mom that I am now is a huge improvement.
**slight hijack alert**
Tell me your take on parties these days. I just don’t understand why everything from a baby shower to a baptism to a child’s birthday party seems to require alcohol. I JUST DON’T GET IT. Sure, when I was drinking if there wasn’t booze at the party I had my own, but these are “regular folk”. At my baby shower they actually asked when I was leaving so they could start drinking. I’m interested in your thoughts and anyone else’s that care to comment.
**Peace & Joy**
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### Author:  [@MizGrand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizGrand)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2005, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-im-celebrating/336785/14 "2005-12-22T15:30:18Z")
Oh, and I forgot to mention, this is **neither mundane nor pointless**.
This is a feat that only a small percentage achieve. I hope I make it there!
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### Author:  [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2005, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-im-celebrating/336785/15 "2005-12-22T15:34:35Z")
> [@RSSchen](#):
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> Did you get your chip? I don’t go to meetings anymore but have a contact that gets me my chips for my milestones. Not sure exactly why I desire them, but when it comes down to it, they are a great source of pride and something I will discuss seriously with my boys when they are older.
Definitely discuss it with your boys! When my father died two and a half years ago, we buried his most recent chip and his 24-hour chip (the two he always carried with him) with some of his ashes. Then the rest of us took a couple as mementos. I have his sixteen-year chip, and it’s one of my prized possessions.
And **Twickster** , congratulations! That’s great!
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### Author:  [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2005, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-im-celebrating/336785/16 "2005-12-22T15:37:29Z")
**RSSchen** – your questions deserve thoughtful answers, and since I’m in the middle of a busy day at work, I don’t have time to give them right now. Just wanted to let you know I’m keeping an eye on this thread (just to keep that huge smile on my face going – thanks for your good wishes, everyone!) and will respond tonight.
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### Author:  [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2005, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-im-celebrating/336785/17 "2005-12-22T16:37:42Z")
Fabu!
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### Author:  [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2005, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-im-celebrating/336785/18 "2005-12-22T16:43:00Z")
Wonderful, **twicks**! I’m almost as impressed by the time of year you chose to quit as by the number of years it’s been. Very inspiring. Congratulations!
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### Author:  [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2005, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-im-celebrating/336785/19 "2005-12-22T16:43:22Z")
Great news! 20 years! I wish you all kinds good stuff! (I think this is worthy of the many exclamation points used) Yeah!
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### Author:  [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2005, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-im-celebrating/336785/20 "2005-12-22T16:57:22Z")
Yeah twicks!!!
_high five_
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