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[–] blackjam_alex@lemmy.world 1 points 29 minutes ago

Impressive.

[–] sartalon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

That is something to be proud of.

[–] GonzoAtBarstow@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago
[–] fartsparkles@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago

Fuck yeah, dude! Think of how satisfying that chart will look when it’s all green. You got this!

[–] r0m2@lemmy.world 15 points 6 hours ago

Congratulations man! Don't know you, and yet somehow I'm fucking proud of you!

[–] Fear_and_loathing@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Hell yeah! Keep going it just gets better.

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 10 points 6 hours ago

Pure good news, nice and simple. :)

And always bear in mind; you've proven you did this once, so you can do it again. Even if it's hard. Another nine months and it'll be 18, another nine after that and it's 27, and so on. You'll start counting in years at some point.

[–] JayDee@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Before it clicked that this was about alcohol , I was confused and worried.

I love the chart! it looks very nice with that color and the fun shapes depicting the months.

[–] ieightpi@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

Hey I've been doing this all year too! ✊

[–] daggermoon@piefed.world 3 points 5 hours ago

Congrats! I'm happy for you!

[–] thumbtaxx@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

Awesome! You know what I've never had regrets about? Getting sober, being sober, staying sober for 6 yrs now. Life is way more pleasant without regrets and backsliding, keep up the good work.

[–] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 6 points 6 hours ago

Congratulations!

[–] AnalogAllamma@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago

Congrats mang! Keep it up!

[–] brendansimms@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago

<3 hell yea

[–] DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth 2 points 5 hours ago

That's great, congrats OP!

[–] mrmisses@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago

I must be seeing this from the future