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  1. "I'm a Champion for Choice! because......

    Started by momrox, November 7, 2016 9:52 AM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 7,082
    shyster
    May 18, 2018, 10:00 PM Go to last post

  2. 1 Year

    Started by lynn50, August 15, 2014 11:27 AM
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 7,382
    othila
    August 27, 2014, 10:48 AM Go to last post

  3. 1 year as an On Line SMART facilitator...

    Started by RebornMe, May 21, 2018 8:58 AM
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 5,431
    Gordon1
    May 23, 2018, 12:26 AM Go to last post

  4. Smile 1 Year fast/slow

    Started by komoto, May 27, 2015 9:53 PM
    • Replies: 10
    • Views: 13,210
    Questor7
    March 13, 2016, 3:29 PM Go to last post

  5. 1 year sober finally 3-20-14

    Started by sarah7072, March 30, 2015 9:57 AM
    • Replies: 17
    • Views: 27,913
    Ch2n
    August 23, 2015, 10:48 AM Go to last post

  6. 1 year, 3 months and 8 days

    Started by Fused, March 12, 2019 8:27 AM
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 5,379
    JKM02
    April 30, 2019, 7:12 PM Go to last post

  7. 1,000 days today

    Started by Rich_T, May 3, 2019 9:48 AM
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 3,576
    komoto
    May 3, 2019, 5:45 PM Go to last post

  8. Red face 10 years with SMART!

    Started by newsun, April 14, 2014 8:14 AM
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 10,215
    gregr
    August 18, 2014, 12:41 AM Go to last post

  9. 100 Days

    Started by Ujamaflip, January 2, 2021 9:33 AM
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 2,898
    saa18
    February 8, 2021, 2:37 PM Go to last post

  10. 1000 Days!I

    Started by Peg1960, September 12, 2016 10:56 AM
    • Replies: 11
    • Views: 13,105
    shyster
    February 21, 2019, 11:48 AM Go to last post

  11. Talking 1096 Days Abstinent From My DOC

    Started by SleeplessInSeattle, April 6, 2018 3:38 AM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 11
    • Views: 8,628
    shyster
    August 16, 2018, 2:49 AM Go to last post

  12. 14 Christmases and all the days in between without alcohol or drugs

    Started by Questor7, December 25, 2018 11:57 AM
    • Replies: 9
    • Views: 5,682
    shyster
    January 1, 2019, 8:33 PM Go to last post

  13. Smile 14 Days clean thanks to SMART

    Started by mdj, January 28, 2020 3:07 PM
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 5,073
    Joshua1987
    October 16, 2020, 10:18 AM Go to last post

  14. 14 months on the 19th

    Started by ironworker68, April 7, 2020 4:38 PM
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 1,594
    ironworker68
    April 7, 2020, 4:38 PM Go to last post

  15. 15 months and feeling great!!

    Started by Mgolden995, March 3, 2018 8:21 PM
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 5,350
    shyster
    November 17, 2019, 9:49 PM Go to last post

  16. 15 Years

    Started by lynn50, June 30, 2017 10:40 AM
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 5,353
    jlsavin
    July 4, 2017, 10:28 PM Go to last post

  17. 166,642,829 Seconds In and Counting

    Started by Dolphin, July 13, 2014 11:23 AM
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 8,904
    othila
    July 15, 2014, 5:18 AM Go to last post

  18. 2 1/2 Years Later

    Started by Randy02769, July 9, 2014 9:09 PM
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 6,152
    melliemoo
    July 14, 2014, 10:50 AM Go to last post

  19. 2 months and 2 weeks

    Started by RAB1828, August 31, 2020 9:52 PM
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 1,959
    Joshua1987
    October 16, 2020, 10:20 AM Go to last post

  20. 2 Months tomorrow

    Started by 500wlincoln, November 25, 2019 8:25 AM
    • Replies: 9
    • Views: 6,764
    Gordon1
    January 1, 2020, 7:58 PM Go to last post

  21. 2 weeks

    Started by JAR526, February 21, 2017 11:18 PM
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 11,486
    shyster
    November 17, 2019, 10:00 PM Go to last post

  22. 2 years clean

    Started by NatickB, October 23, 2020 9:23 AM
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 1,475
    sixstringer311
    October 23, 2020, 1:59 PM Go to last post

  23. 2 years sober today

    Started by BeachFreak, November 26, 2014 10:33 PM
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 11,964
    fenquat
    November 27, 2014, 5:38 PM Go to last post

  24. 2.5 year sober

    Started by zima, July 23, 2014 11:36 PM
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 9,518
    dirksimonz
    August 18, 2014, 8:45 AM Go to last post

  25. Smile 23 years in recovery! :-)

    Started by Timothy1996, August 19, 2020 7:30 AM
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 1,711
    winkydill
    November 3, 2020, 5:39 PM Go to last post

  26. 2nd Anniversary

    Started by RebornMe, May 15, 2018 11:56 AM
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 4,985
    Gordon1
    May 29, 2018, 2:29 AM Go to last post

  27. 3 years

    Started by MylesPS, May 15, 2020 8:33 AM
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 3,088
    Rhamilton
    October 29, 2020, 8:28 PM Go to last post

  28. 3 years and 5 days alcohol free today

    Started by figs, December 30, 2018 12:01 PM
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 4,321
    shyster
    February 21, 2019, 11:37 AM Go to last post

  29. Cool 3 years free and sober

    Started by maccaroo, October 24, 2014 6:34 AM
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 7,801
    fenquat
    October 24, 2014, 6:40 PM Go to last post

  30. 3 years sober

    Started by Hapuna, June 20, 2016 12:59 PM
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 7,794
    shyster
    June 27, 2019, 10:45 PM Go to last post

  31. 3 Years Sober Today

    Started by jwg54, December 8, 2017 2:15 PM
    • Replies: 11
    • Views: 11,571
    shyster
    June 27, 2019, 10:43 PM Go to last post

  32. Cool 3 Years Today!!!

    Started by Gster, December 20, 2014 10:15 PM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 7,784
    Ch2n
    March 26, 2015, 6:03 AM Go to last post

  33. Smile 3 YEARS! Thank You

    Started by GHR, November 30, 2017 11:02 AM
    • Replies: 11
    • Views: 7,834
    shyster
    December 14, 2017, 6:06 PM Go to last post

  34. 30 day mark.....bittersweet

    Started by Dlennon120, November 5, 2017 1:06 AM
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 7,617
    Auslander
    March 13, 2019, 5:42 PM Go to last post

  35. 33 Years Today!

    Started by JvB, January 23, 2017 10:42 AM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    • Replies: 51
    • Views: 47,298
    Questor7
    December 29, 2019, 9:13 PM Go to last post

  36. 34 Years

    Started by JvB, January 23, 2018 7:39 PM
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 11,789
    HeidiM
    January 25, 2018, 11:46 AM Go to last post

  37. 364 days into getting SMART

    Started by LobsterTank, July 14, 2016 9:36 PM
    • Replies: 33
    • Views: 28,547
    shyster
    January 1, 2019, 8:48 PM Go to last post

  38. 4 Years

    Started by lynn50, August 8, 2017 7:44 AM
    • Replies: 8
    • Views: 9,673
    Delo
    October 26, 2017, 9:49 AM Go to last post

  39. 5 Years

    Started by lynn50, August 10, 2018 4:02 PM
    • Replies: 8
    • Views: 6,108
    shyster
    August 16, 2018, 2:45 AM Go to last post

  40. 5 Years Clean

    Started by jwg54, June 26, 2016 11:38 PM
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 10,541
    shyster
    August 16, 2018, 2:51 AM Go to last post

  41. Cool 5+ years - Thank you SMART

    Started by kale, December 16, 2017 6:46 PM
    • Replies: 15
    • Views: 10,568
    Peg1960
    October 29, 2018, 8:44 PM Go to last post

  42. 5+ years sober

    Started by chark, April 17, 2018 7:56 PM
    • Replies: 12
    • Views: 10,802
    LobsterTank
    July 24, 2018, 10:06 PM Go to last post

  43. 58 days!

    Started by Spiritualist, December 28, 2020 7:04 AM
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 1,844
    Summersalt
    January 10, 2021, 6:23 AM Go to last post

  44. Lightbulb 58 Months Abstinent From Alcohol

    Started by SleeplessInSeattle, February 19, 2020 5:46 AM
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 3,176
    learningabit
    February 22, 2020, 6:29 PM Go to last post

  45. 6 months clean and serene

    Started by Rahale74, September 4, 2018 4:14 PM
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 7,880
    shyster
    January 1, 2019, 8:35 PM Go to last post

  46. 6 Months Sober

    Started by MIMI79, May 27, 2016 6:52 AM
    • Replies: 14
    • Views: 20,510
    Demario
    August 9, 2016, 10:54 PM Go to last post

  47. 6 months sober

    Started by mercarmya, March 12, 2018 12:14 PM
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 5,767
    curiousandhopeful
    April 9, 2018, 4:41 AM Go to last post

  48. Cool 6 Months Sober - I Feel Awesome

    Started by SleeplessInSeattle, October 6, 2015 10:09 PM
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 5,266
    Jane_Doe
    October 6, 2015, 10:56 PM Go to last post

  49. 6 Years!

    Started by Peg1960, December 18, 2019 6:13 PM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 3,863
    Questor7
    December 27, 2019, 8:31 PM Go to last post

  50. 6 years, 10 months and 11 days, or thereabouts

    Started by CallMeDave, January 4, 2020 7:13 AM
    • Replies: 14
    • Views: 7,442
    Joshua1987
    October 16, 2020, 10:29 AM Go to last post

  51. 60 days and counting!

    Started by giorgia, April 17, 2019 2:04 AM
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 3,701
    komoto
    April 19, 2019, 5:41 PM Go to last post

  52. 7 Years and Counting

    Started by Valene, January 17, 2019 6:42 AM
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 5,845
    shyster
    February 21, 2019, 11:34 AM Go to last post

  53. 7 Years Sober Recently.

    Started by MTMassey, March 31, 2020 4:33 PM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 3,417
    Brentdj
    May 7, 2020, 10:04 PM Go to last post

  54. 7 years strong !!

    Started by caring_hands, June 30, 2014 10:05 PM
    • Replies: 14
    • Views: 16,808
    caring_hands
    July 21, 2014, 5:43 PM Go to last post

  55. Smile 7+ Years. Thank you, SMART!

    Started by kale, October 26, 2019 12:19 AM
    • Replies: 10
    • Views: 6,562
    Peg1960
    November 5, 2019, 4:32 PM Go to last post

  56. 9 years abstinent (clean)

    Started by jwg54, July 19, 2020 10:20 PM
    • Replies: 11
    • Views: 4,151
    Joshua1987
    October 16, 2020, 10:13 AM Go to last post

  57. 95 days sober - what finally worked for me

    Started by Wintercat, June 6, 2018 2:21 PM
    • Replies: 23
    • Views: 26,076
    Alexendra
    September 26, 2019, 6:16 AM Go to last post

  58. A Cautionary Tale

    Started by almuir, January 23, 2015 8:41 PM
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 7,871
    jtoy
    January 24, 2015, 11:06 AM Go to last post

  59. A Fool's Tale

    Started by Eric22, August 6, 2014 9:07 PM
    • Replies: 10
    • Views: 14,164
    Faith14
    August 19, 2014, 11:47 AM Go to last post

  60. A Globe-Trotting, European-Travelling, Life-Totally-Changed, Success Story - TWO YEARS SOBER!

    Started by klmichelle, January 1, 2018 10:27 AM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 6,982
    LMR555
    January 8, 2018, 7:47 PM Go to last post

  61. A Good Spaceh

    Started by komoto, November 27, 2014 4:41 AM
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 7,872
    canco5
    November 28, 2014, 12:24 PM Go to last post

  62. Thumbs up A Great Success

    Started by NormalNobody, June 28, 2015 7:29 AM
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 10,152
    dale219
    July 30, 2015, 3:44 AM Go to last post

  63. A Not So Perfect High - 5 years later

    Started by Questor7, December 27, 2019 2:58 PM
    • Replies: 18
    • Views: 7,796
    Questor7
    January 10, 2020, 8:34 PM Go to last post

  64. A Not So Perfect High - Playing the Tape to the End of the Story

    Started by Questor7, December 1, 2020 3:15 PM
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 1,389
    jwg54
    December 1, 2020, 6:04 PM Go to last post

  65. A sober life is a better life

    Started by NoTrumpAce, October 25, 2017 12:25 PM
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 10,650
    jim1
    January 31, 2018, 8:50 PM Go to last post

  66. Cool A word of thanks and encouragement.

    Started by QCGuy, January 1, 2017 3:51 PM
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 6,691
    LMR555
    January 9, 2017, 7:48 PM Go to last post

  67. About to Celebrate My Five Year Anniversary

    Started by Breathe_in, November 10, 2020 4:45 AM
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 2,219
    Gordon1
    November 29, 2020, 5:52 PM Go to last post

  68. An Update from Gentoo!

    Started by Gentoo, July 7, 2014 1:57 PM
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 8,509
    kathleen2014
    July 9, 2014, 7:35 PM Go to last post

  69. Celebrating 15 years of sobriety

    Started by Questor7, August 8, 2020 8:04 PM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 15
    • Views: 3,588
    Questor7
    February 2, 2021, 4:57 PM Go to last post

  70. Celebrating 3.5 years as a non-drinker thanks to SMART Recovery

    Started by Gentoo, December 22, 2013 11:09 AM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 22
    • Views: 31,955
    Gordon1
    July 2, 2014, 12:44 AM Go to last post

  71. Smile Celebrating Ten Years Clean and Sober

    Started by Questor7, August 4, 2015 12:38 PM
    • Replies: 37
    • Views: 56,256
    shyster
    August 9, 2016, 3:53 PM Go to last post

  72. Celebrating year one

    Started by MylesPS, May 14, 2018 9:53 AM
    • Replies: 10
    • Views: 6,907
    rosario
    July 8, 2018, 12:55 AM Go to last post

  73. Lightbulb Changed my life!

    Started by jonpc, August 18, 2016 11:39 PM
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 6,661
    yessica33
    January 25, 2017, 7:36 PM Go to last post

  74. Checking In - 331 Days.... Today! Feeling Good.... Thanks Smart! Thanks to all.... (-:

    Started by andyinmpls, September 11, 2014 3:02 PM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 9
    • Views: 11,135
    andyinmpls
    October 9, 2014, 5:00 PM Go to last post

  75. Cigarette-free

    Started by Morti13, October 6, 2018 8:25 PM
    • Replies: 8
    • Views: 6,449
    shyster
    February 21, 2019, 11:32 AM Go to last post

  76. Committed, or maybe should be? Haha.

    Started by Billabong, July 10, 2019 11:52 PM
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 4,928
    Billabong
    July 17, 2019, 7:29 PM Go to last post

  77. Congratulations

    Started by Im_Up_and_Down, July 4, 2017 3:13 PM
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 2,535
    Im_Up_and_Down
    July 4, 2017, 3:13 PM Go to last post

  78. Continued abstinence following bereavement

    Started by RDelbridge, May 10, 2020 3:21 AM
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 2,754
    jasminerose
    June 22, 2020, 5:44 PM Go to last post

  79. Red face Continued success

    Started by gratefulliz, May 31, 2014 1:46 PM
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 7,570
    Holly1216
    June 12, 2014, 1:15 PM Go to last post

  80. Continued Success

    Started by jwg54, March 5, 2021 6:11 PM
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 20
    Gordon1
    March 6, 2021, 3:51 AM Go to last post

  81. Cravings & Urges to Use: The "Beast" was defeated last night!

    Started by jakjak, December 22, 2013 8:40 PM
    • Replies: 16
    • Views: 30,049
    imafriend
    November 24, 2014, 6:45 PM Go to last post

  82. Day 2199

    Started by tweedie, October 8, 2014 6:39 PM
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 5,922
    wildSaffy
    October 8, 2014, 7:45 PM Go to last post

  83. do small success count?

    Started by MasterSkywalker, November 13, 2014 1:39 PM
    • Replies: 21
    • Views: 23,732
    wannabechef
    June 24, 2016, 10:36 AM Go to last post

  84. Don't Call it Al!

    Started by Sarah_Says, March 23, 2015 3:36 AM
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 8,498
    edwardcejka
    March 26, 2015, 1:31 AM Go to last post

  85. Educational Success

    Started by MaryMM, March 6, 2015 11:34 AM
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 4,672
    Ch2n
    March 9, 2015, 5:25 AM Go to last post

  86. Eight months off Marijuana

    Started by Arne, October 9, 2015 2:53 AM
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 14,432
    shyster
    February 10, 2016, 2:08 AM Go to last post

  87. Eight years sober with the help of SMART

    Started by NoTrumpAce, August 26, 2016 2:28 PM
    • Replies: 16
    • Views: 18,731
    shyster
    November 17, 2019, 9:28 PM Go to last post

  88. Enjoying my sobriety 5 years and some change

    Started by Richierich313, September 6, 2020 11:50 AM
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 2,086
    winkydill
    October 31, 2020, 5:19 PM Go to last post

  89. Even when my mother died

    Started by Gentoo, October 29, 2016 3:26 PM
    • Replies: 19
    • Views: 15,864
    Sanibel
    December 14, 2016, 2:03 PM Go to last post

  90. Extreme bad thoughts - Managing with SMART tools

    Started by Maerlande, January 27, 2016 9:09 AM
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 13,544
    shyster
    January 1, 2019, 8:59 PM Go to last post
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