WhoDeyPI

Curious as to who keeps track of their days sober, and how?
Just in your mind?
On paper?
At a certain point do you feel like you no longer need to?

Doris47

Heyyyyyy, I always said I wouldn't count days, but here I am on day 9. I get confused sometimes and have to check back, so for me it's in my head, and checking back by posts 😄

dafunbra

I have an app on my phone. I do keep track, but it's not like I look at it every day. The symbolism of my progress is good for me to see and helps me.

MLD51

I have an app on my phone that keeps track. Early on I was obsessive about counting days. Not as much anymore, now that it's been over 4 years. I found it helped me to stay motivated in the early days, to see those days stacking up. Then it was months. Now it's years. I do sometimes look at the app to see how many days it is, just for fun.

Today it says:
4.17 years
50.10 months
1,527 days
36,632 hours.

thomas11

I took a little different approach to my sobriety, instead of starting with day 1 (which I obviously did have a day 1) and counting days from then on, I made a wholesale lifestyle change.

Essentially I knew my drinking was not sustainable long term. I had to make a complete change in my life and life's habits. So I did. I am a different person now with different friends. But I'm alive and kicking.

Maudcat

I kept track of my sober time early on, then it became less important somehow.
Now Im not sure if I have been in recovery for 6 or 7 years.

Delilah1

I kept track of my days in the beginning, then I kept track of months my first year. Now I keep track of years, I celebrated three years of sobriety on January 1st.

Every now and then I check the sobriety calculator, I had 1000 days marked in my calendar. Today is 1134 days ( I just looked when you posted )

WhoDeyPI

I appreciate all the different views. I think as time goes, I'll end up stop keeping track manually. Definitely going to check out an app, as I didn't know such a thing existed. I hope that some day I can't keep track anymore because of it being so long.

WhoDeyPI

PS- I guess I just made my IG username public LOL, so feel free to follow me if you want.

Doris47

I've just downloaded a sober app 🙌🙌🙌

lessgravity

I'm like MLD51 - have a sober counter on my phone. I like to refer to it now, 10 months coming soon.

But I also didn't want to do the AA route and felt the pressure/way of counting was kind of against my belief that I had achieved permanent sobriety.

sva777

I have an app on my phone. Clean time counter, it's very simple.

699 Days
16787 Hours
1007268 Minutes

doggonecarl

I counted days...now I'm counting years. That's easier to do in my head.

I hope you all are fortunate as to have so many days sober that it become difficult to track!

ChloeRose63

I keep track on a wall calendar by placing a sticker on each day. It is kind of a "reward" for me.

HeadEast

I have an app on my iPhone called Sober Today. It tracks the days I am sober and also the money I've saved by not buying alcohol.

least

I kept track of days and months for my first year. Now I keep track of years and months.

scottynz

Early in my recovery counting days and weeks using an app was really helpful and motivating. As time has gone on I don’t check it that often now, but still get pleasure from receiving digital tokens for milestones when I do. I’m in my 13th month now - the one year milestone was significant for me. I’ll let the app run in the background, but I plan to really count the years rather than days and months now.

My app also tracks money saved, that is a scary figure after a year.

MindfulMan

I downloaded an app, Sober Time, mostly because I started my outpatient rehab about 3 months in and I had to report my sober days at the start of every day.

I check it every once in a while.

mcconnth2017

I have an app on my phone. I like to keep track during my first year of sobriety. 252 days sober today. I also like to remind myself of the achievement. I figure I will stop day counting after the first year, if I am lucky enough to get to that point.

Kid50