View Poll Results: poll --- how long sober ?
less than 30 days
65
23.90%
over 6 months
41
15.07%
over 1 year
102
37.50%
over 5 years
28
10.29%
over 10 years
18
6.62%
over 20 years
18
6.62%
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poll --- how long sober ?
Member
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Brooklyn, ny
Posts: 734
370 days. Feel so lucky and blessed that I was ready to commit to my sobriety. It has changed my life. I wish you all the blessing of sobriety. I do not practice any religion but blessing is the best word to describe what freedom from alcohol feels like. Not always easy, some days suck. But nothing as bad as each day I was enslaved to alcohol. You can do it!
Member
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Midwest
Posts: 9,029
Ten months today. My initial quit date of 11/12/13 had to be reset after a slip. I'm claiming 12/1/13. I'm glad I checked this poll because it's been inspiring. I had 10.5 months before I relapsed a year ago August. I'm grateful for SR, AA and all the newcomers and old timers who remind me each day of where I was and where I can go. One day at a time.
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Join Date: Nov 2015
Posts: 51
Originally Posted by sthlondonab 
Hey. This is a great one.
Is there not a missing option between less than 30 days and more than six months? I couldn't fit myself in!
Is there not a missing option between less than 30 days and more than six months? I couldn't fit myself in!
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Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Madison, WI
Posts: 793
Originally Posted by CAPTAINZING2000
Food for thought
What is the Percentage of Alcoholics Who Stay Sober? - Spiritual River
I try to choose my words gingerly when, I mention how many people disappear from here.
Bare this in mind though
Now take all of the people who made it to 90 days sober. About 5% of THOSE people will make it to 2 years sober.
So there is sort of this drop off rate that slides, and it is a pretty scary slope. Make it to 90 days and you are not out of the woods yet. Make it to 2 years and you are STILL not out of the woods yet.
However, if you make it to 4 years sober, then your chances of achieving “permanent sobriety” jump significantly. The statistics show at that point that if you make it to 4 years sober, you will probably stay sober forever. Of course with addiction there are no certainties.
What is the Percentage of Alcoholics Who Stay Sober? - Spiritual River
I try to choose my words gingerly when, I mention how many people disappear from here.
Bare this in mind though
Now take all of the people who made it to 90 days sober. About 5% of THOSE people will make it to 2 years sober.
So there is sort of this drop off rate that slides, and it is a pretty scary slope. Make it to 90 days and you are not out of the woods yet. Make it to 2 years and you are STILL not out of the woods yet.
However, if you make it to 4 years sober, then your chances of achieving “permanent sobriety” jump significantly. The statistics show at that point that if you make it to 4 years sober, you will probably stay sober forever. Of course with addiction there are no certainties.
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Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Lakeside, Ca
Posts: 10,208
Originally Posted by bradly22
Oh man. In about six months I can click the 5 year button.
It's a shame but, many in recovery never get there.
Took me more than a few tries.
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