47 days sober y’all!

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Ten years for me. Only share that as a data point that sobriety is possible long term!

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Congrats! Keep it up. 90 days for me!

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Yayyy! Keep it up.
Over two years and counting. Eventually it stops bothering you. You will be there soon!

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Congratulations. Will be four years for me on New Year’s Day. Best resolution I ever made. Keep it up, one day at a time

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SC1 - sane as you!

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Yay! Keep going, you got this!

Good on you!

Nice!!!!

Amazing! Well done!

QQ guys, did anyone of you had an alcohol problem/issue or just decided you didn’t enjoy it and wanted to stop? I was the latter.

For me, it was becoming a problem. While I never “craved” alcohol 24/7, I would overdo it whenever I had it, like at happy hours. It never used to be a problem until I started taking medication for ADHD and those meds typically hide the effects of alcohol until you’ve overdone it like. Like to feel the effect of 2 drinks would be 4 drinks and I’d hit the fence and end up wasted by the end of the night. So I decided to just not anymore and it’s hard in this business.

Congrats! It gets better too. Just celebrated one year last month.

I would say it was borderline problematic for me

Congratulations. Keep on trucking!

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