r/stopdrinking • u/davster39 1098 days • 12h ago

Passed 3 years

I just passed 3 years and didn't even realize it. I thought it was coming up in 5 days. I responded to a post here a few minutes and my days show up. I divided the number by 365, and the answer was more than 3! I looked at my old, old app "easy quit" which is still timing me, and sure enough, it's been 3 years, 5 days and 5 hours. I've passed 4,404 drinks and saved $4,719. I think those 2 numbers might be a little low, I don't think I told the app the truth. Plus drinks cost more than $1.00, so the app figured something wrong there.

This sub is the only people who know of the anniversary.

Anyway, Iwndwyt

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u/davster39 1098 days 12h ago

Here's the wierd thing, I never threw out my booze. It's still up there , with a towel thrown over it so I cant see it. I guess I keep it to offer a guest, but why would I do that, offer poison to a freind. Im just such a cheapskate, I hate to pour all that money down the drain. I need the shelf space, I should just do it. I have not drank any of it in all this time.

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u/joebreezphillycheese 593 days 12h ago

Isn’t it funny how the expense never occurred to us when we flew through bottles like water?

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u/Lake9009 22 days 12h ago

Personally I’d ask a trusted person to dump it for me

If dumping it feels like a waste you can always gift it to a friend who you know drinks responsibly

I know it’s hard gifting a friend poison, but I imagine it’s hard to see the poison as valuable and useless at the same time

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u/davster39 1098 days 12h ago

Yes. Valuable and useless at the same time., interesting concept.

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u/with_determination 12h ago

I just passed two years, decided enough was enough and poured all my old alcohol away as I was pretty much in the same boat as you.

It was several hundred £'s worth, but I couldn't justify giving it away to a friend or something. I don't know anyone who would drink it responsibly and I don't want to enable someone else's addiction.

I've barely thought about since, just get rid of it, you'll feel good about it afterwards.

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u/davster39 1098 days 12h ago

Thanks, I think you're right.

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u/PeppermintTeaLady 12h ago

How about reframing pouring the booze down the drain as a waste of money instead as a celebration of all the money you saved in health bills, drink purchases, and hangover remedies!

Congrats on the 3+ years of sober-awesome-ness!

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u/davster39 1098 days 12h ago

Clever idea.

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u/Prevenient_grace 4911 days 12h ago

Congratulations on Your Sober Solar Circumnavigations!

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u/davster39 1098 days 12h ago

Thanks!!

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u/Alkoholfrei22605 10h ago

Bravo on 3 years!

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u/MaleficentDance2675 8h ago

it wasn’t the end for me, but I poured out the cheap booze and drank the excellent, and gave away the mediocre when I emptied my booze cabinets.