That being said, time sober before has no relevance to right now. It's real easy to get attached to past experience.
I take your point Jim...nothing matters but what we do today
For me, and mostly everyone I know, 'time sober' does has a relevance tho - it's proof positive that we could do it once, and we can do it again....hopefully better.
If you're doing it right, it's not looking back but forwards, based on experience.
Sometimes we just need all the positives we can get
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