How long have you been straightedge?

[mmelnick]

Simple question, simple answers! I smoked pot for about 25+ years and drank on and off over the years. I smoked my last joint November 14, 2006 and had my last rolled cigarette December 31, 2006. I drank my last alcoholic beverage I think December 20, 2006 after a horrible drunken disaster. I'm coming up on 1 year clean and I feel good. I'm still a n00b at this edge business but i'm enjoying the change of pace and feel secure about it. It's still a day to day thing for me but I really want to keep it going, hopefully the rest of my life. How about you?

[UxJx aka Mr Voivode]

22 years for now,vegan close to 15 years and before that 5 years of vegetarian.

[demonpunk16]

I've chosen to live my life drug & alcohol free on October 16, 2007. I've never tried any drugs, tried one cigarette in 8th grade, drank my first alcoholic drink when I was 17 and had my very last shortly after my 22nd birthday in September of 2007. It took a little while for me to make the decision to stand up for what I believe & not fall into the temptation of others. But I have made the decision for myself alone. Not because other people say it's cool or that it's the "new trend". I do it just for ME!

[Joanne DiGiuseppe]

made the decision to be edge when i was 15. i'm 23 now and i've never drank, smoked, or done drugs. it's definitely just for me as a person.

[xTOROELMARx]

5 years from i know what straight edge is.
and sober for 21st year.

[Andrew_O]

1 year strong after a long edge break. I'll never go back to the poison.

[Bob Cunningham]

I've never touched any of the stuff and have lived poison free my entire life. I think I maybe tried my dad's beer when I was little, but I can't even remember that vividly. I'm 36 now and will never have the desire to do any of that shit. I've just always been dead-set against it. Never looked at it as a trend or a naive youthful fad. If there were no straight-edge scene, I'd still be this way. Glad to see there are others still like this out there! I've been so far removed from hardcore since about '94 or so. Keep it up guys, for those that have been SE for a long time and for those that just became SE...best wishes!

[Amy]

I am coming up on four years.

I made the conscience decision of claiming edge December 26th, 2005.

[Ryan Williams]

eight years

[Scotty Newsome]

6 months on December 27th... Started drinking when I was 21 drank for a year and a half... quit cold turkey and claimed EDGE, best decision of my life.

[Amy]

Four years on December 26th.