Thanks for sharing. Sometimes life gets hard. You reminded us that perseverance can pay off.

Good for you! That is quite an accomplishment. You deserve all the accolades you can get!

That's an inspiration for anyone dealing with any kind of addiction.

You are an inspiration, I am 19 years sober, and I plan continue.

Congratulations on a truly outstanding accomplishment!

That’s a LOT to be proud of!

I was originally gonna recommend celebrating with some milk and cookies, but your achievement, just by itself, is sweet - and filling - enough!

And yeah, it can be done. You did great! Keep up the dailies!

I just took 41 years on the 7th.
As my wife told me, again, this year, “41 years and still no apparent growth.”

May you be happy, joyous, and free my friend.
🐝🐫

But I commend you. That's amazing and whether you want recognition or not, you deserve it. Good for you!!!

Congratulations.

I have obeyed them!

I have a sense of what you accomplished. My 2nd started her sobriety about 15 years ago. I give her a lot of credit. Even though she left me for her future husband she met at AA about 14 years ago.
Congratulations it’s a great personal accomplishment

I won’t live long enough to reach that goal, but I certainly want to be sober the rest of my life. You are an inspiration!! Thanks for sharing!

That's quite an accomplishment.

30 years here, and worth every minute of it.

It's just not good for your body. Especially as you get older.

I had fallen in love with Merlot, just loved the taste. Now I get FRE's alcohol free Merlot and I can enjoy the taste of that wine and not worry about harmful effects on my body.

I'll bet your family and friends are so proud of you. Awesome job!

Way to hang in there!

I celebrated 16 years on April 30th also to show it can be done. Those who stood up for me were a dedicated AA member who celebrated 51 years last November and my good friend who came back and now has 3 years.

Congranu;ations, Sugar.

One of my best friends will get there in one more year.

But as it is, I've got 5 and half years of sobriety, and I'm not going back.

Congrats on 40 years

I have 33 years, and the first year was definitely the hardest. I had several 9 month chips.
So, genuine congratulations. The rest is just putting in the time. Ex

I was almost 30. Had 2 OWIs. I had no drivers license, was only a highschool dropout, and had nothing. It was 2015, and I met someone I wanted to marry, but knew that would never be possible with how i was living. I knew my life was going to be hard, regardless, but I could make it hard on my terms. I was going to work harder than I ever have. I was going to give myself a chance because when I really thought about it, I had always defaulted to, " you cant do that, or you arent good at that", but i never gave myself a chance.

Trump stole the whitehouse with the help of Putin, and I knew I had to get ahead, because they would literally try to steal even more from us (this was literally my big reason for turning my life around). Fastforward to 2025 I am in graduate school for my doctorate, and will be making more money than I had ever imagined.

I used "welfare", grants, etc to get to this point. Without them I would have never had a chance. I appreciate the minute, fractional percentage of help i received from everyones taxes to help me become a productive member of society. I will never forget that I would not be here without charity, welfare, and kindness of others.

I have never been the smartest person, but being succesful sometimes is about finding a way, any way.

this is a bad time to be sober

I’ve heard the 41st year is the hardest…..

I think you win the thread.

That's something to be very proud about.

Congratulations!

I admire it and know unfortunately the experience of witnessing someone I love who couldn’t do it and all the terrible things and destruction that comes with alcohol abuse.

Sending you lots of appreciation and good thoughts for what you have overcome and achieved - for yourself and all those that love you.

But I got sober and stayed with meetings and things continue to get better.

restaurants around us are Mexican. I love a margarita w/ my dinner but am staying dry in solidarity.

Congratulations!

3/13/82

Nice going

I'm glad you celebrate the anniversaries.

< applause > That's one hell of a record! As we would say in the military, "Keep on keepin' on!"

they closed and tore down the building around 25 years ago. I’m so happy you are sober and a Dem!

If I wasn't a Dem, I'd probably still be drinking and the Secretary of Defense or something.

I've been lucky not to ever know the demons that this stuff can unleash.

I turned forty-four on the Ides of March.
Life's better this way, isn't it?

Oct 10, 1994. Still going. Funny thing is now where I live there are 10 or more bars within staggering distance.

Also, thanks for reminding me of my upcoming 40 yr sobriety anniversary. 40 yrs September 10th.

Contrats rzemanfl !!!!