SR has been my only window into recovery. I am not counting reading or anything like that, as most of those book titles I got here. The only input into how I am feeling or what is waiting has been gleaned from the threads here on this site. I also keep a journal in the form of a thread that helps keep me honest and accountable. And if I ever want to know how crap it was to go through, or if I want a drink, I just re-read my thread. I also find the comments and suggestions from people who read the thread encouraging and sometimes yes, they do boost my ego a bit. But hey, I will take it if I can get it.
Seriously though, there are some very helpful people on this forum, I wish I had discovered it before I went down the recovery road that I did.