To the lurkers the "guests"
 

Just saw there are 225 people viewing as guests( I did that myself before getting the courage to join)

Wanted to encourage those guest to join the site and the conversation!

Yes , please join , theres help here

Great post, InperfectlyMe!

I second you - please, join - it's a great place of help and encouragement!

:welcome

I used to be a drunken lurker .

I used to read about all the problems and sit smugly drinking myself into oblivion . I knew i had a problem but "i couldn't possibly be like those people surely " Big doses of denial and crazy thinking , In all truth i was'nt like those people ... i was worse ! :dee

Since getting sober and joining , i have never met such a kind , supportive and inspirational group of people . And although i was prepaired to be thoroughly miserable and sober when i decided enough was enough , sobriety actually feels good when you work at it :)

Bestwishes, m

Same here. Lurker for like 3 years. There's no harm in joining.

If annonimity is what keeps you from joining remember HISTORY:
It will keep repeating itself until you get it right
And
It's easily deleted on your computer

Here is another good reason to join. When you join, some of the annoyingly placed ads go away, and when you put your curser on the name of the thread the first several words show and you can decide if it will be of interest to you. It saves a lot of time and frustration and there is no requirement to post or anything, but it just makes reading a lot easier.

I think many people are just not ready to admit they are out of control or maybe they dont want to share their stories yet. They will, hopefully, get to that point eventually, but it takes time. I know when I realized I was in over my head, I did a lot of researching online and scanning forums like this one, but never joined. I didnt join this until 2 years after quitting drinking.

I would make my day if just one "guest" registered and posted their first post to this thread. Common...change is gonna do you good :c033:

Me too awuh1!!!!

I lurked for less than a week but by the time I found SR I knew I had a problem.
Please join no matter where you are from. This isn't only for north americans, I am european. There are aussies here too.

There's the entire World of sobriety here!

That's a great image midnight blue !

I joined right away.. I need all the help I can get!! I think I may have lurked once before I finally decided to stop. Of course, I am an extrovert.. so people is how I get my energy!

I never got the lurking because when I found this place I posted right away, I couldn't believe that I had found other people like me. I felt so alone before I came here x

I hope that they're inspired as I was by the people who are here and find some relief.

I also have a question:

Most users online at one time was 2,208 (08-27-2012 at 12:47 PM).

Curious what happened that day!

Lady blue I thought the same thing even googled that date!

Hey Lurkers :wave:

Jump on in! The water's fine. :abcj:

Apart from the number of people, there was nothing remarkable about the 2,208 day as far as I remember :)

I remember the first day I came here.

It felt like I was understood for the first time.
It was such an incredible relief :)

whether you've signed up or not, whether you're reading, posting, or lurking...

Welcome! :)

D