I do appreciate it when RA's post here. I am also an RA. My ex was and still is an alcoholic. I think it helps a lot of times for people to hear how the RA was thinking and acting before recovery.
I've been on many forums, verbal abuse, depression, bi-polar, and I would also gain a lot of insight from the people there, from both sides. I think on this forum it is kind of difficult to go to the newcomers forum, to gain that insight. The newcomers forum and also substance abuse and alcoholism are all geared to help the addict. I can do that also because I am an alcoholic (10 months sober), but if I wasn't I feel reading there at times might feed into my codie ness. I would only be seeing people putting in the hard work to recovery and it would have me still thinking, maybe there is still help for my relationship.
Hope I made sense