Significance of 90 days?

[click]

I know the 90 day milestone is a big deal. I believe 90 days has significance from a behavioral view and perhaps physical too. I didn't really find any info, does anyone know what 90 days sober really means?

[Jackalope]

... does anyone know what 90 days sober really means?

Here's one really good (although long :)) answer to that question. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1640436,00.html

xoxo
J.

[click]

Thanks Jack! That was a good article. I copied the most relevant paragraph here for anyone interested in the short answer.

One important discovery: evidence is building to support the 90-day rehabilitation model, which was stumbled upon by AA (new members are advised to attend a meeting a day for the first 90 days) and is the duration of a typical stint in a drug-treatment program. It turns out that this is just about how long it takes for the brain to reset itself and shake off the immediate influence of a drug. Researchers at Yale University have documented what they call the sleeper effect--a gradual re-engaging of proper decision making and analytical functions in the brain's prefrontal cortex--after an addict has abstained for at least 90 days.

[Reed]

Thanks, Jack.
Great article.

[Smurfette]

Thanks Jack! That was a good article. I copied the most relevant paragraph here for anyone interested in the short answer.

One important discovery: evidence is building to support the 90-day rehabilitation model, which was stumbled upon by AA (new members are advised to attend a meeting a day for the first 90 days) and is the duration of a typical stint in a drug-treatment program. It turns out that this is just about how long it takes for the brain to reset itself and shake off the immediate influence of a drug. Researchers at Yale University have documented what they call the sleeper effect--a gradual re-engaging of proper decision making and analytical functions in the brain's prefrontal cortex--after an addict has abstained for at least 90 days.

That is very INTERESTING click....thanks!

[JT]

even more now. I remember my addiction doc (that I saw only once cause he scared me so badly) mentioned something about 90 days. What he said went right over my head because 90 days seemed like some unreachable goal at the time. I wish now I had listened to him better.

[AnnieBodie]

Good Thread, Click. JLo thank you for the article, I meant to post it in my diary when you gave it to me last month, but I forgot about it... I guess I hadn't reached 90 days yet then... :rolleyes:

Annie

[jonesing]

a lot of new aa's do 90/90

it doesnt have to be a meeting a day, just 90 in 90 days. it is possible in my area to do 4 a day!

i will do about 50

[mondo]

I just stumbled across this thread,

Great article, thank you Click and Jackalope.

Something to be optimistic about upon making it to 90 days.

[Rich]

In the olden days we use to make people give speeches at 100 days. We called it the 100 day rant. I think that was Indys idea

[indigoiis]

I think day 70-90 was like a virtual wasteland for me. I felt depressed - like, you're beyond the newness of the quit but not yet past 100 days. I think 100 days had a lot of significance to me - like, psychologically, I was past the wasteland stage. I think I got that from the quit smoking site I frequented at the time.