Getting my 1st sobriety tattoo later this afternoon. It’s not my 1st tattoo… I have about 7, but they are all really old. Like 20+ years old. But this one will be my first one celebrating not drinking anymore and also, if I remember, my first one were I wasn’t drinking while getting inked!
Then, after this one, next week the artist will begin reworking some of my old ones into one new arm 1/2 sleeve. Yesterday was my birthday, and I want so much of the past behind me. The past few years have been up and down but I am really looking forward to a beautiful sober future and I have AA and many of you here to thank for that.
I can’t wait to see it. I’m waiting to get a sister tattoo. I have 4 older sisters and they all got the same one on their wrist. I’m the last but haven’t been able to get in due to covid. Maybe I’ll get a sobriety one for my 1 year anniversary.
Happy belated birthday. I hope you enjoyed your day. Mine was 2 days ago.
Thanks! It was the first birthday I didn’t drink in I don’t even remember how many years. I went out to lunch by myself for some reflection time and my kids made me cupcakes. All good.
It was my 1st sober bday in years too. It felt good to wake up without a hangover. I had ice cream cake and that was good enough for me. Being sober was the best present I ever gave myself.
Well, apparantly I did things backwards and we started reworking my arm. Took a rest after 3.5 hours and I have to go back next week. I’m feeling amazing so far, so happy to cover up some old drunk history. The rose covers up on I got 22 years ago… so happy for this new chapter.
I have one I just got a couple months ago…it won’t let me upload a picture but it’s an ambigram that reads
“Save Me”
And
“I’m fine”
If you flip it upside down
Done
I know it might seem egotistical having ones name on themself. The bird I had about 25 years… so he reworked it. I had my name on it originally because it celebrated that I lived past 21… which at that time I wasnt in a good place. So almost 25 years later I kept it to honor that girl. Glad I am still above ground.
Feeling more positive. One day at a time.
I just stumbled upon this thread, your reworked tattoo looks amazing, @Here.I.am!
I have a few tattoos, none of them with my sobriety date but all of them related to my mental health. I am considering one more but don’t really have a firm idea yet, these things take time for me to come to fruition.
I lived in SE Asia for a while too, in China to be precise. Wouldn’t have dared to get a tattoo for the simple fact that my Mandarin wasn’t even good enough to get a haircut let alone something far more permanent
. But I’ll get there!
