Summerfall

I for the life of me could not think up an interesting name while trying to register and since it was the end of summer/beginning of fall I went with Summerfall lol (couple years ago.

VirginiaWoof

The dog in my profile picture is our rescue dog Ginny so mine is a play on that.

Like I call my son by his full name - including middle - when I'm exasperated by him, the dog gets called Ginny Woof.

butcher70

Old hunting dogs name plus old football number. Lost my dog two years back of old age. Miss him fierce.

Panacea

Panacea - definition: "a cure for all ills and difficulties".

BrandonInCO

Not sure mine needs an explanation...

Stabilizer

Stabilizer, is a many faceted reference to a band in the 80s called 'The Stabilizers'. While I was student painting all summer with a friend who is now a Dr., we listened to music. This was one of the bands we listened too and one time after hearing a verse that went 'one simple thing kept between you and me, can build a wall that no-one else can see' ... he said "the words in these songs are stabilizers for our lives." The meaning of this stuck with me. Interestingly enough, I had not seen this person for the last 15 years but we reconnected last month.

Avatar: Obey. It comes from a 90s artist who began putting up this silkscreen face of Andre the Giant as a parody to political propaganda posters (neo-fascist). The word obey was actually taken from an alien invasion movie called 'They Live'. You can see this image posted all around the world as an anti-authoritarian message. To me this is a powerful message to think about what you are being told to believe.

Wow, heady stuff ...

Bunny211

I love bunny rabbits. I've always had them as pets. I'm slightly obsessed hahaha. And then the 211 is for my birthday - February 11th.

U75

I got frustrated when signing up after trying several different names, so I used "Username7775," which is the word "username" and my birthday. I didn't think it mattered much because I didn't think I'd be around for long.

Turns out, "Username7775" is kinda long and lame, so people shortened it, often to "User," which I did NOT like all that much. So I asked the mods to change it to the abbreviated "U75." Works for me, although there has been some confusion over whether I'm actually a submarine from an old German war film...

january161992

DontRemember

I just(insert username here)

Lightning Bug

I have wondered before if you like submarines!

Zanna

My firewall (or something), was stopping me from registering, regardless of how bizarre a name I picked, it would say 'taken' or 'reserved' or something. So, I used the 'contact us' form and Anna replied. She said she would register for me and send me the password etc and what name would I like? I was so touched by her kindness, that Zanna was born Thanks again Anna xxx

ItWillBeWorthIt

When I first signed up to SR I had relapsed after 7 years and I knew the wonderful rewards of living in a recovery world. Thus the name

It Will Be Worth It

Seemed fitting and accurate. :-)

Great thread!

Seren

My username was suggested to me by my late husband. Most people guess that it references serene or serenity. It is actually a Welsh word that means star (as in the sky).