C23

When does someone actually celebrate a sobriety B Day? Is it a month, a year, what?

Anna

Gosh, I think you can celebrate any milestone you want to.

It's always good to be proud of your success.

CrackQuack

I know, in the NA, they celebrate milestones on the same day each month. Whatever first day you went without using drugs, is your "clean date". You get a tag for day 1, a tag for day 30, one for 60 days, one for 90 days, one for 6 months, one for 9 months, one for a year, one for 18 months, and then one for multiple years. But, if you really feel like celebrating a certain day, for whatever reason you want to, celebrate it! GO HAVE SOME FUN! Good, clean (sober) fun!

IO Storm

Hi C23!

I will not explain AA chips, tokens in detail..as these time sobriety markers differ

in groups ..some do not give them. In my Women's group, for instance..we recently

took a group conscience and voted to give "tokens" or "chips" for months 1-12..

for extra encouragement and support.

AA birthday cakes are "yearmarks" you might say. They mark consecutive years of

continuous sobriety.

Best Wishes!

sailorjohn

My home group hands out tokens for years of sobriety, tokens and cake are handed out at the end-of-the month open meeting. Another group I attend hands out monthly tokens, believe they have a set for one through eleven, and a 24 hour token for newcomers. The monthlies/yearlies/cake are handed out at every meeting. The monthlies are light aluminum, the yearlies are heavy things with an antique brass finish

flutter

I'm not in AA, but I suppose I might acknowledge a full year of sobriety

Tommyh

my home group gives out chips for 1,2,3,6,9 months and then on the years

C23

So when someone on here says happy b day to someone, is it their real b day or are they celebrating a milestone?

sailorjohn

When it's a sobriety date it will say '****** has 90 days' etc.

Rusty Zipper

c23, if we made it through the day, thats good enough for me...

dont need the balloons or the party hats tho...lol

bag the hooplah, the fanfare, and just be grateful...

least

I celebrate every single day I'm sober.

yukonm

My homegroup gives out coins for continuous lengths of sobriety from 1-11 months and then coins for yearly birthdays after that. I think each group decides how they are going to celebrate. We give out the coins at the beginning of each meeting but there are some who give them out once a month or weekly.

IO Storm

Okay C..

This can be confusing...

Usually, but not not always..someone will post a thread and say it is someone's

"belly button birthday" (Happy Birthday So and So)...

if it is a sobriety yearmark..(my term) the thread might read...

"So and So has 6 Years Today".

Clear as mud? Hope this helps, anyhow.