Consider the vision your name creates
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: St. Paul Minnesota
Posts: 4,360
I was 5 weeks sober when I found this site and chose the name. It hit me in a split second how much danger I was in with my drinking and my brain screamed RUN at me in that moment. I put silent in front of it because I figured I was in for a lifelong silent run. Spoiler alert: you don't feel like you are running after awhile. It's more like coasting or floating.
After about a year I remembered the song Silent Running(on dangerous ground) by Mike and the Mechanics. The meaning of my username changed for me then. There are a few lines in there that would prove to be sort of prophetic later on in my recovery:
Don't believe the Church and State and everything they tell you...
I grew up in a cult and was told horrible things about myself and the world around me. The tape that I was nothing but a worthless slave played over and over in my mind. Even worse I had left so now I am an evil worthless slave that by my very existence is an affront to God. I was told to keep quiet and put on a happy face to outsiders because worldly people didn't understand love.
...believe in me I'm with the high command
Somewhere inside us all is a being that knows better. We are much more than we give ourselves credit for.
After about a year I remembered the song Silent Running(on dangerous ground) by Mike and the Mechanics. The meaning of my username changed for me then. There are a few lines in there that would prove to be sort of prophetic later on in my recovery:
Don't believe the Church and State and everything they tell you...
I grew up in a cult and was told horrible things about myself and the world around me. The tape that I was nothing but a worthless slave played over and over in my mind. Even worse I had left so now I am an evil worthless slave that by my very existence is an affront to God. I was told to keep quiet and put on a happy face to outsiders because worldly people didn't understand love.
...believe in me I'm with the high command
Somewhere inside us all is a being that knows better. We are much more than we give ourselves credit for.
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Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Deep in the heart of Texas
Posts: 1,736
Originally Posted by Ruby2 
The Rolling Stones song Ruby Tuesday was playing in my head. So I became Ruby2 (Tue).
It's good to read the thoughts behind the names.
It's good to read the thoughts behind the names.
Very interesting thread.
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Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 563
Cool thread dde03 my name is Kim, but I put swim in there bc I grew up swimming and that was part of my non-drinking identity. It was also one of the things I felt like I had lost and really wanted back when I came to SR. And when I came to SR two years ago I was not ready to quit; I couldn't imagine a life without alcohol bc it was my reward. But at the same time it was robbing me of all the things I loved in life, like swimming (to name one). Happy to say I'm almost seven months sober with the help of SR and AA. Every day spent sober is my reward now dde03
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Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Maine
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I love this thread FreeOwl! So interesting reading how everyone came up with their names.
LadyBlue because it's the color of my car and I thought about making my license plate LdyBlue.
Love the blues.
My favorite color is (can you guess) BLUE!
0527 comes from my original date of sobriety 05/27/13 when I first came here. I thought of messaging Anna to change it to 0509 to reflect my new day. But, I think it's very important for me to be mindful of the 17 months I had and walked away from. Not in a negative way but in a very positive way. I'll never take this feeling for granted again.
LadyBlue because it's the color of my car and I thought about making my license plate LdyBlue.
Love the blues.
My favorite color is (can you guess) BLUE!
0527 comes from my original date of sobriety 05/27/13 when I first came here. I thought of messaging Anna to change it to 0509 to reflect my new day. But, I think it's very important for me to be mindful of the 17 months I had and walked away from. Not in a negative way but in a very positive way. I'll never take this feeling for granted again.
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Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Posts: 1,742
I enjoyed reading everybody's ideas for name choice.
I chose Carpathia for the Carpathian mountain range where I believe my grandmother's ancestors hail from. (Not really Russian, not really Austrian, not really Slovakian)
After reading the Big Book, the name took on a delightfully different slant. The Carpathia was the ship dispatched to rescue survivors of the ill-fated Titanic.
I chose Carpathia for the Carpathian mountain range where I believe my grandmother's ancestors hail from. (Not really Russian, not really Austrian, not really Slovakian)
After reading the Big Book, the name took on a delightfully different slant. The Carpathia was the ship dispatched to rescue survivors of the ill-fated Titanic.
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Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 131
I was sitting in the garden one evening late last summer with as usual, a glass of poison, watching the bees dancing over the flowers. I thought how lovely it would be to be sitting there the next summer with a glass of something non alcoholic when the bees returned. Thats it.
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 59
My user name was chosen to be a constant reminder.
"I don't mean to say that anyone is wrong in their choice of identity here. I don't mean to disparage, nor to suggest that your name will hinder you from success."
Whatever works for you is ok by me.
"I don't mean to say that anyone is wrong in their choice of identity here. I don't mean to disparage, nor to suggest that your name will hinder you from success."
Whatever works for you is ok by me.
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Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: New Orleans, LA
Posts: 985
Mine is "heartcore" because my approach to drugs was always hardcore, and I knew my approach to sobriety would have to be also.
I liked it that when you said the name aloud, it sounded both like hardcore and heartcore.
I was also thinking about the glowing, gorgeous center of my heart (and all our hearts) - the part that keeps glowing with hope and love, even if other parts of the heart are damaged by hurt, by life.
Now, I feel like my heart's core has grown larger, and the energy of its glow has healed and enlivened some of the parts of my heart which had grown dark.
I liked it that when you said the name aloud, it sounded both like hardcore and heartcore.
I was also thinking about the glowing, gorgeous center of my heart (and all our hearts) - the part that keeps glowing with hope and love, even if other parts of the heart are damaged by hurt, by life.
Now, I feel like my heart's core has grown larger, and the energy of its glow has healed and enlivened some of the parts of my heart which had grown dark.
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Join Date: Feb 2016
Posts: 2,654
Mine is the name of my dearly beloved, departed years ago, dog. I chose it because I wished to emulate her: loving, courageous, content, living in the moment - no dwelling in the past nor worrying about the future, no need for alcohol, just food and water, as we were designed. She was such an unconditionally happy spirit.
She lies under the shadow of an ancient oak tree. I hope to bring another dog like her into my life one day. Hers is a challenging breed to train, but now that I don't drink, it's a possibility.
She lies under the shadow of an ancient oak tree. I hope to bring another dog like her into my life one day. Hers is a challenging breed to train, but now that I don't drink, it's a possibility.
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: UK
Posts: 1,361
Originally Posted by ScottFromWI
Mine is, well -my name ;-) And I'm from Wisconsin. So not much behind it other than that really...
I'm now feeling completely unimaginative!
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Join Date: Feb 2016
Posts: 2,654
Been crying buckets since posting regarding my dog (user name). Thought long and hard before dong so, the emotional wounds are still raw. Just noticed that Least, the person I followed avidly when her dog went missing, only 'liked' winslows dog name post. I'm not sensitive, but really, it's a joke, so cliquey, I'm out of here, the hierarchy are so cruel. Thanks for nothing Least.
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