chicago

The most important thing in my life is my sobriety date (1-29-06). my friend and i were talking today about sobriety dates and how sometimes thats all we feel we have. Sobriety dates are something to take great pride in. Its ours and ours alone. Its one thing that nobody can take away from us EVER. When i feel like i have nothing in life, I always have my date. When im having one of those days and shutting AA and God out, ill write my sobriety date on my hand. Just to remind me, i always have something.

rloomer

Thanks for the post.

Sometimes I forget to remember what the date is. but when I look at my signature I remember. It's something we can all look at and say " with more to come "

Very inspiring post Thanks a million!!!!!!

kelsh

I always remember my sobriety date and know when the exact date will be....I don't do that with my bellybutton birthday though. I am very proud of my sobriety date and it is a vivid memory in my mind...the day I made the decision to quit drinking...July 10, 1988!!!!

kelsh

CarolD

I too think it's so important
It's something I fought for and earned.

4-25-89 began my miracle

dave47

Hope i remember mine and that it stays the same.

odaat

Mine is in the front of my mind, like my birthdate. 25/11/06. I also like to check out my number of days, I find that helps me to stay on track.

Lelping

do you count your sobriety date as the last day you had a drink or the morning after?

Astro

I'm proud of my sobriety date, 2/21/05, it falls 4 days after my bellon button birthday (yeah, there's a story behind that. Lol) but I also hope it's a message to the newcomer that the program works.

Reubena

I was wondering the same thing

Astro

I started counting on my first day sober. It had been 24 hours + since my last drink.

rloomer

What exactly is a belly button birthday?

Astro

Your birthdate, not your sobriety date.

Astro

The day they cut your umbilical cord!

rloomer

THEY CUT MY UMBILICAL CORD?????????

What if I need it someday? What then?

That's it, I'm taking the rest of the day off for emotional stress

Luckyv2

I would like to know how you do that I haven't figured all of that out yet.

I was reading what Chicago posted and OH MY! The part that said no one can take it away....ummmm....we can

Also I believe that what we have here is a gift. IMO if we are not grateful for what we do have anything can be taken away so yeah I am VERY GRATEFUL for the gift of Recovery today and for my recovery date as well. My recovery date has changed so much almost as much as changing underwear hopefully through the process this time I don't have to repeat those somethings again. Have too keep into the now is all we have to do....

OH YEAH My date is 5/25/06 and for that I owe it all to you people, to my HP, to the Program Of NA, through working the steps, Sponsorship, The list could go on and on.

Jersey Nonny

I wish my sobriety date hadn't changed...but, I still remember the first time I quit drinking was July 22, 1979. Fortunately, my current sobriety date is not too long after on November 15, 1979.

A wonderful Oldtimer (who spoke at my 20th Anniversary) always closed his talk with, "For those of you seeking sobriety, I pray God you find it. For those of you who have sobriety, I pray God you keep it." May I add my own pray for all of us here.

rloomer

And one for me too plz

Surlyredhead

I also cherish my sobriety date, after all, it is the day I started living again, not merely existing .....April 27, 1994

serenitarium

April 5, 2007.

God willing, I will have 6 months in 8 days. Holy sh*t!

Kellye C

My sobriety date is near and dear to me. I remember vividly the events leading up to that day. I had been going to AA for a little over a month but had been drinking after meetings (less than before but still drinking). As I went to more and more meetings and got to know people I began to feel very guilty about continuing to drink and go to meetings. I wanted so desperately to be free but was scared of the withdrawals. I had been writing my last sobriety date of 7/10/04 in the books and people started noticing that it was coming up on a month. I started feeling more and more guilty. Finally on Sunday, August 8 2004 I spent the entire day on the river with my new AA friends and the thought occurred to me that if I was going to do this thing now was the time to get off the fence. A more graphic term came to mind but I will spare you the details LOL!!!!

I went to a meeting that evening, fessed up that I had been drinking up until that day and picked up a new desire chip. It has been a little over 3 years now and I pray that it will be the last desire chip for this gal.

8/8/04 - By God's Grace and AA - just like my signature says!!

Big hugs,
Kellye C.