Meaning of soberversary | Babel Free
ˌsəʊ.bə(ɹ)ˈvɜːs(ə)ɹiDefinitions
The anniversary of a person's sobriety.
Examples
“And some of the golden ones even remember my soberversary and send me congratulations every year.”
“The second man I dated was Luca, who I also found on Tinder; we went our sometime around my one-year soberversary. Again, I didn't tell this man that I didn't drink before we went out; I just didn't drink on our first date, and that led to an easy and natural conversation about sobriety.”
“She checked in to the sobriety group, remembering belatedly that his was her two-month soberversary. She posted: Yay! It's my two-month soberversary today. I celebrated by going for a lovely walk on the Malvern Hills, then doing some writing. I really think I can do this!”
“Your Soberversary A very little-known perk of sobriety is that you get to add a whole new celebration to the calendar – your sober anniversary!”
“The few who really got it, who remembered my soberversary, who […]”
“the month of my seventh soberversary. And guess how long credit history is stored for, in the UK? Seven years. It felt like fiscal serendipity at its finest.”
“Soberversary: anniversary of a person's sobriety.”
“I count 4 September as my ‘soberversary’ because I didn't drink from the 3 September. In this 24-hour period, I decided that was it. I was done with alcohol.”
“My second soberversary falls at the end of our first week in Snoqualmie. I sit at the window that morning with my coffee and laptop open to an empty Facebook draft, wondering if I'm about to self-destruct.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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