john44

The more I love you folks. Thanks for taking me under your wing.

BillyPilgrim

We've all been there John, and are eager to share

artsoul

I love this place too......

soberlicious

Yes, very cool place. Glad you are here John

Itchy

Me too! The more you hang here, the more respect you have for the fact that the folks here deserve your respect. Then it hits you, we are a bunch of alcoholics just like you!

If we deserve respect, and are worth hanging around, perhaps, you are too? Some of the most successful and talented people are alcoholics. The ones who stopped usually survive it.

We all share a wing in this circle, just spread yours and soar with us. Pretty soon someone will need to be taken under your wing too. Maybe today.

Eliasson

SR has saved me. Hope you are doing ok.

Dee74

glad to have you with us John

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least

Glad you joined the family!:ghug3

sissy07

This forum is helping me save my life. I doubt if I would have made it this far without SR.

Hevyn

I agree with Sissy. Not sure if I'd make it alone - and don't want to try. Glad you are part of us now, John.

Zebra1275

This website has been an important part of my recovery. Stick around, is can be an important part of yours.

desertsong

Glad you're here, John. This forum helps me sooooo much with my sobriety. The people here are awesome. You included.

Taking5

SR has been very important in my sobriety. The least I can do is try to help others, especially newcomers. I learned that here and in the rooms of AA.

eJoshua

I'm glad you're here!

EternalQ

We are just like you. We loved ourselves enough to stop the insanity, and love feeling part of humanity again. And we don't take that for granted. Just like you.

DisplacedGRITS

This place is the hug, the support, the advice, the inspiration, the reminder and the swift kick in the pants i need throughout the day. Pretty awesome group we have here.

karilynn27

Glad your here, I lived on these threads in the beginning

Jersey Nonny

I love that you used that expression. It brings me back to when I was "new"...over 30 years ago. There may be some here who remember back then when the newcomers in AA were referred to as "pigeons" by their sponsors. I took it to mean they were taking us under their wings. For some reason, the pigeon referrence took on the "dirty bird" connotation and was replaced with newbie or sponsee.

I never took offense to the word...I figured, if it was good enough for my sponsor, it was good enough for me.

I'm glad you found SR and that sobriety has been a good experience for you. There definitely is a lot of caring and support here.