How did you celebrate your 1 year sobriety date??
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How did you celebrate your 1 year sobriety date??
Hi everyone!
I'm just curious, as to how those of you have reached the one year...how you celebrated it.... I know in AA you get a cake! I'm not in AA but will be celebrating one year next week! I'm looking so forward to it!!
I'm just curious, as to how those of you have reached the one year...how you celebrated it.... I know in AA you get a cake! I'm not in AA but will be celebrating one year next week! I'm looking so forward to it!!
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: St. Louis, MO
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In St. Louis they have a place called Skyzone that is a giant dodeball place on trampolines. All my friends and the girl I was dating where there, it was such a great and magical day for me. Had pizza and cake there too, I will never ever forget that day or night as long as I live. The other day I was looking at pictures of it and almost teared up.
Also my friend who hit a year a few months before me had a BBQ which was really nice as well. Lots of food and friends. I'd just be sure to treat yourself to something special with those who loved and supported you this past year.
Also my friend who hit a year a few months before me had a BBQ which was really nice as well. Lots of food and friends. I'd just be sure to treat yourself to something special with those who loved and supported you this past year.
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Atlanta, GA
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I didn't, but I really don't celebrate my real bday either, but that's just me. I know both bdays are very important to some folks and I totally respect that.
Don't get me wrong, I'm very happy I've been a year sober, but I just don't feel the need to celebrate something I should have been doing all along
Congrats!
Don't get me wrong, I'm very happy I've been a year sober, but I just don't feel the need to celebrate something I should have been doing all along
Congrats!
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Butte, America
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I got a standing ovation when I got my first year coin.
you talk about a group...suffering right along with someone - LOL
I bet they ALL felt like they deserved something!
And truly - they did.
I had one friend take me to dinner and a movie.
I bought myself a 'frock' (new garment)
I went back over my journal
and read entries
and let myself see just how far I'd come.
I figure I dragged it out to about ... a week. LOL!
you talk about a group...suffering right along with someone - LOL
I bet they ALL felt like they deserved something!
And truly - they did.
I had one friend take me to dinner and a movie.
I bought myself a 'frock' (new garment)
I went back over my journal
and read entries
and let myself see just how far I'd come.
I figure I dragged it out to about ... a week. LOL!
think I will treat them to some special wet food!!!
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Toronto, ON
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Didn't. 
Boo hoo. It mighht have been nice, but I don't really have anybody that knows and is tuned into it other than me. And it would have been like saying it's my birthday, and that would have been silly for me to do. I have done that in the past and hated myself for it. The most I got out of it was dropping a few lines about it here and finding the nice remarks when I got back.
Boo hoo. It mighht have been nice, but I don't really have anybody that knows and is tuned into it other than me. And it would have been like saying it's my birthday, and that would have been silly for me to do. I have done that in the past and hated myself for it. The most I got out of it was dropping a few lines about it here and finding the nice remarks when I got back.
where the light is
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Ontario, Canada
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It's a good day to reflect on things, comparing your life now to how it was in the past. Sometimes it doesn't really seem like I'm making any progress on a day to day basis but when I look back, the changes are huge!
I usually take a friend out for supper to mark each month of sobriety - still amazed that I am a sober dude, loving life!
I usually take a friend out for supper to mark each month of sobriety - still amazed that I am a sober dude, loving life!
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Victoria
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Congratulations on 1 year sober, 
I celebrated my 1 year by going out for a candlelit dinner with my husband.
He chose the restaurant, we dressed up and had a wonderful night. I figure he deserved to celebrate as much as l did after offering endless support through my first year of recovery.
The first step towards change is acceptance.
Once you accept yourself you open the door to change.
Change is not something you do, it's something you allow.
Will Garcia.
I celebrated my 1 year by going out for a candlelit dinner with my husband.
He chose the restaurant, we dressed up and had a wonderful night. I figure he deserved to celebrate as much as l did after offering endless support through my first year of recovery.
The first step towards change is acceptance.
Once you accept yourself you open the door to change.
Change is not something you do, it's something you allow.
Will Garcia.
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: La La Land, USA
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I didn't.. other than a little internal 'woohoo!'. My husband wanted to go out to dinner and things like that but to me, it's not something I need a parade in my honor for. I did what I had to do to get my **** together and live my life..I do not need to be congratulated for it, I live it every day. My second year went by with even less fanfare inside.. other than some reflection about how wonderful my life is now, and then I went about my day. To me it's not like I'm doing something extra special and fantastic, I'm just living healthy.
That's just me tho
That's just me tho
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: The Present
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I celebrate my one year next week -- attending a wedding on a wine farm. There will be champagne corks popping, wine pouring, beer flowing. There will be punch and aperitiffs, cocktails and irish coffees, kalulas and contreaus. The extraordinary thing is that if I was attending the same wedding a year ago, right now I would already be enthusiastically looking forward to the French champagne, the vintage wine, a half dozen beers, oblivion, and the obligatory jack-hammer head the next day. This time round, I'm looking forward to sharing the joy of the couple getting married.
Wow, I can't wait!
Wow, I can't wait!
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