I acknowledged my one year mark as it was the evening I found Sober Recovery and half way through my first thread I put down alcohol, for good.
I quit smoking middle of last year but couldn't tell you when. I also started eating paleo/primal'ish but I couldn't tell you when.
I'm clear eyed and clear minded, can breath much better and have gone from quite pudgy to willowy thin.
I used to think it was important to count days and I also thought I was powerless over alcohol, because that is what I had drilled into my head for years and years. What I found out the night I joined here, celebrating not doing something moral disgusting, in other words, doing the right thing, just plain weird. I also know I am NOT powerless over alcohol. I am very, very powerful.
That's my personal experience.