Bostonsportsfan

63, almost 64 days for me.

Mountainmanbob

nice Boston

mm

LDT

It was over 500 days the first go round.....This second (and final) time, at this writing, is 319 days.

neferkamichael

Mountainmanbob,FANTASTIC, 1215 days here. Rootin for everyone.

Bostonsportsfan

Thanks, it get's easier. Just hope I can stay strong. Being 21 doesn't make it any easier. A lot of triggers.

thisisme

I stopped counting some time ago but your post made me try the "sobertime" thing on the front page. Always makes me smile.

2720.

Mountainmanbob

this also put a smile on my face on this early morning

and I don't even know you

that's one thing special about this site here

if one was a drunk such as I was

and they are sober today

it brings me much joy seeing their time sober shared

might be because

I know that today we need not fight the bottle

5:58am here -- by this time of the day in the old days

I would have already drank two tall beers -- while washing down some Valium

then -- drive to work trying to stay in between the lines

********** the drinking life was a very hard life **********

a good day wished for all
from
Mountainman

Ornithology

Mountainmanbob do you still get urges or cravings for alcohol or do they eventually go away forever?

Mountainmanbob

no I must say
the thought of having a drink has been gone for many years now
maybe because
I got burnt each and every time that I went back to the bottle
and tried some controlled drinking
usually things would go so so for a while
but
just as the AA Big Book states
always followed in time by a still worse relapse
I have also seen this played out in many of my friends in the AA Program
hang in there
because with some sober time under your belt
you will realize (if alcoholic) as I am
this living a sober life is much better than the suffering life of a drunk
not being tied to the bottle is a true blessing
that few drunks ever get to know

another plus
in most all cases
the families of the alcoholic who has recovered
given time are also very pleased with this new way of life

the thought of a drink today
is the most insane thought I could have
today I (we) will not deceive myself (ourselves)

unclouded thinking comes with sober time
another one of many benefits


many blessings sent
from
Mountainman

DG0409

I knew when I was 20 that I had a problem with alcohol. But I thought, 'Who wants to quit before they turn 21??' So I kept drinking. And as it goes with alcoholism, mine got worse and worse. By the time I quit at 24 I was a real mess. You're doing the right thing by making healthy decisions about it now.

DG0409

And now it's 316 days no cigarettes, 218 days no alcohol, 118 days no weed.

One thing I like about this day-counting business is that each day you get another one!

AnyLengths

I only know this because a sponsee showed me an app for my phone ... 4768 days ... 114,447 hours ... 6,866,838 minutes. No Copenhagen for almost 19 years.

Still eat lots of ice cream and coffee. Only 13 minutes since my last cup of coffee.

findingout

The big book app I got for my tablet has a day counter built in. It
tells me I have 4067 days.

I remember when my sponsor hit 10,000 days. It seemed pretty
cool to me. He said I could get there too if I followed two rules:

1) Don't drink.
2) Don't die.

Then he added, as he always did, "In the meantime, keep
coming back and we will teach you a better way to live."

Mountainmanbob

2,214 -- very grateful -- up top the mountain

makomago

I know the day I quit booze and I have a 'counter'. I don't see anything wrong with it either. However, I wanted to share something a friend of mine (Dave) who had 20 odd years of sobriety before dying of natural causes use to say;

"Don't count the days; make the days count".

DG0409

Nice. Glad you shared that.

Mountainmanbob

grateful for 2,216 days of sobriety today

no serious troubles since sobering up

seems that a lot of those unpleasant things that happened in my life

were brought on from excessive drinking on my part

MM

Dave H

I ONLY count the days. Not the months, weeks, years, ect. "I was taught to take things "One day at a time". So I count days only. 367 today!

Mountainmanbob

that's great Dave

yesterday was Thanksgiving and I was so grateful to be sober

and

to have a happy wife here at home (she was very unhappy when I was drinking)

2,230 days sober for me today

have a good day
Mountainman

LadyBlue0527

Great post Mountainmanbob!

I checked my app and it says 187 days

I defend everyone's right to make their own choice as to whether they count or don't count. There is no right or wrong in that. What works for one person doesn't necessarily work for another and that's ok. The goal is sobriety not working someone else's program.

I'll never forget when I was working at a diner as a cook, a regular customer ordered her hot dog and she is a mustard lover. I cooked her hot dog, put a bunch of mustard on it and added the usual side cup of additional mustard to the plate. She was sitting at the counter which is right in front of the pass through (food pick up). The waitress grabbed the plate and turned around and handed it to her. The man sitting next to her said in disgust "WOW, that's a LOT of mustard on your hot dog!" She smiled and looked at him and said "Well then, the next time I order MY hot dog I'll be sure to order it how YOU like it". I LOVED THAT.

It put me in mind of some threads here when someone comments on a way that they handle their own sobriety and it's followed by a passive aggressive response with the underlying message as to how it should be done.

There is NO wrong way to get sober and to maintain that sobriety. If it's working for you and you're happy then who is anyone else to judge?