To keep track or not to keep track
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Join Date: Dec 2018
Location: Surrey, UK
Posts: 222
I have 'Easy Quit Drinking' app on my phone. Has a counter and lots of little trophies that you get for each milestone.
I'm a bit of a kid at heart and love keeping track, but I also like to have something to show myself for the achievements. I ended up deciding on buying a sobriety coin for each month I'm sober. They are the 12 step coins from AA (though I'm not in AA and I don't follow the 12 step path, I like the coins and it serves as a reminder to me, and is just personal I suppose (though I've only had to buy 2 so far. 1 for the 24 hur to mark my start, and one for the 1st month).
For the sake of a couple of pounds, I think it's worth it for me.
I'm a bit of a kid at heart and love keeping track, but I also like to have something to show myself for the achievements. I ended up deciding on buying a sobriety coin for each month I'm sober. They are the 12 step coins from AA (though I'm not in AA and I don't follow the 12 step path, I like the coins and it serves as a reminder to me, and is just personal I suppose (though I've only had to buy 2 so far. 1 for the 24 hur to mark my start, and one for the 1st month).
For the sake of a couple of pounds, I think it's worth it for me.
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Join Date: Jun 2017
Posts: 1,276
I have an app. I take note of milestones - the last one was 500 days. The next big one is 18 months! Keeping track is fun for me but I’m definitely not as focused on it as I was in the first year. Getting to one year did seem to slow to a crawl by the end. Thanks for the thread!
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Join Date: Apr 2018
Posts: 524
Yep. I have an app called "I am Sober".
It even tells you how many hours I've saved by not drinking, and how much money I've saved by not drinking.
I approximated I used to waste about $20 and four hours a day drinking, on average.
I'm currently on 45 days sober and already I would have wasted 180 hours drinking and nearly $1000 in that time if I was still drinking!
I only check it every few days now, days are going by quickly and I'm in a good place.
It even tells you how many hours I've saved by not drinking, and how much money I've saved by not drinking.
I approximated I used to waste about $20 and four hours a day drinking, on average.
I'm currently on 45 days sober and already I would have wasted 180 hours drinking and nearly $1000 in that time if I was still drinking!
I only check it every few days now, days are going by quickly and I'm in a good place.
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