I love the Newcomers Board. It's great because there is no hierarchy and everybody is of equal importance. Whether they have 20 hours or 20 years!
I can always gain insight and knowledge from anybody, regardless of how much clean/sober time you have. In fact I find some of the rawness and true thoughts and feelings of someone just starting out very powerful and beneficial to me. For me newcomers is what it's all about... giving people hope that recovery from alcoholism/addicition is indeed possible.
Keeps my recovery real and down to earth... which is where I like to keep myself.
I also love the more varied nature of the newcomers board. There are no right or wrong methods to recovery, just real people with real recovery passing on their insight and wisdom to others still struggling.
Thanks for the post!