I think there is a thread or maybe more than one about what is considered early recovery.. yes, because I do believe it triggered me and I said "Why does that matter??" which was wrong. lol
I am just over 100 days. Early by anyone's definition. Some say first five years is early recovery. I feel it's relative to years/decades spent in the addiction.
But when we talk about it, we ARE talking about chronological time.
Can you have a complete personal transformation, maturing in leaps and bounds on every level, on your way to becoming actualized, in shorter than five years? Unequivocally, yes, you can. Not everybody will. Many will spend each waking minute focused on [not] drinking.