IMO I have to agree with point 3 and although I am only fairly recent to abstinence, what seems to be different this time is the amount of information I have learnt from SR (including old posts) other reading about alcoholism, tv shows etc. I have LEARNT from others with more time under their belts and if it worked for them, it has been good enough for me to listen to. I have been humbled by some of the stories here, what people have overcome and they are still going strong, I want to be one of them who still post here in 10 years time. It actually made me sad going back to old posts circa 2012, I don't see many of their names here now and I wonder what happened to them, where they are now.
Just a thought.
On a lighter note, I also checked out a moderation website (AV got very excited about that) and was horrified by some of the comments on it , some seriously scary information being given to newbies, we should count ourselves lucky that we found SR.