Originally Posted by
Ranger 
To be sure, fear has served an indispensible role in helping get many an alcoholic sober. So, I don't mind hearing a little fear in the words of a person who has just a few days/weeks of sobriety under his/her belt.
This is true, and I agree. That said, I consider anyone who feels inclined to disclose how much "sober time" they have without me asking first, immediately suspect. Their need to per-emptively establish "credibility" in such a way practically proves the state of their own tentative, uncertain, on-the-edge-of-relapse sobriety.