sobriety date
Abstinence starting point
A sobriety date is the day someone stopped using alcohol or drugs and began recovery.
It marks the start of continuous abstinence and is often commemorated in twelve-step programs: She celebrated five years from her sobriety date.
The term carries weight in recovery communities, where tracking time sober provides both accountability and encouragement.
- anniversaryRecurring memorial date
- clean timeDuration of abstinence
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- milestoneNotable event marking progress
- chipSmall broken-off piece
one day at a time · white chip · clean · meeting · home group · sponsor · higher power · big book · dry drunk · abstinence · countdown · celebration · medallion · AA · rehab · birthday · commitment · journey
- recoveryrecovery, rehab, recover, recovery room, early recovery
sobriety daterelapse
Return to former illness
slip · falling off the wagon · lapse · rock bottom · backslide
sobriety datebender
Extended bout of drinking
addiction · substance abuse · drunkenness · intoxication · binge
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