When I joined SR I'd already been sober nearly 2 yrs and thought I had a lot of wisdom to share....I quickly realized or was advised that "my way" to sobriety ws not acceptable and I also quickly got burned out on reading about all the relapses and failed attempts at sobriety so I quit posting. After another year I started posting more again but with much more caution, there are a couple of people that I have followed their stories and I feel joy in their recovery, I too tend to stay out of the newcomers section most of the time as I don't have much empathy left, and I mostly only post in the Fitness, Women's and Secular sections if at all.