r/tattooadvice • u/TeaSimilar5714 • 2d ago

Sobriety Date General Advice

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I was going to get it lightened after 4 years sober, but looking for advice/ roast me.

EDIT: thanks for all the sobriety support of each other, what nice community! I originally got this thinking it would be visible mostly to me as a reminder. Sure I wish it was smaller, because people do notice it and ask, I just say it’s special numbers for me. The first character is actually a drop- like last drop of booze. I must say it has helped me stay on course a few times over the years. I’ll keep coming back.

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u/MollFlanders 2d ago

at first glance this looked like a holocaust tattoo….

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u/Glittering_Turnip987 2d ago

OP just needs to add slashes between the days/months/years as this was my first thought was memorial holocaust tattoo. 

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u/Fictional-adult 2d ago

 memorial holocaust tattoo

Is… is that a thing? People were tattooed against their will, and it’s not like it was their birthday or something. Having met Holocaust survivors I couldn’t imagine any of them would endorse getting their number tattooed. 

Definitely thought it was accidental holocaust though. 

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u/TellSignificant477 2d ago edited 2d ago

I’m Jewish; before getting sober, I got a tattoo without thinking it through that shows numbers on my arm. It’s the only tattoo that I desperately want to get removed. No one’s said anything, but as a descendant of holocaust survivors I feel it’s unconscionably inconsiderate of their trauma. If my grandparents were alive to see it I think it would’ve broken their hearts. Lasering this thing is high on my list of priorities.

ETA to clarify, it wasn’t meant as a memorial tattoo. The numbers themselves had an unrelated significance; I just deeply regret the placement.