Awkward? Watching y'all is awkward. ESPECIALLY TO A NEWBIE. Get beyond yourself. I'm new to this. If there's politics and positioning involved, I'm gonna run like hell from here! Declare you null and void!
If you're going to try and present a position or method that should help people then you better get it right. OTHERWISE, claim it for yours and yours alone.
And don't tell me that's what you've been doing. There's been enough name-writing in the snow to go around. LEAVE IT.
Sorry, had to vent for a minute.
The smartest people I've found in abstinence/sobriety were infighting and it was ruining my calm.