I really really really related to this article Maria. I’m so glad you wrote this. I’ve been thinking a ton about imposter syndrome lately. I find it really hit me with my writing last week. I went through a whole spiral of hate. I totally get everything you are saying and you wrote this so eloquently. I think you should have much more strength and conviction in your writing. You have something really important to say. You have raised the issue of identity in sobriety and it’s one that comes up for me so much too. Initially I didn’t have a clue who I was. Sometimes I’m still a bit confused...like you I was alcohol. That was all I was. I don’t fit into the cookie cutter sobriety model either. I hope that you don’t think that just because you haven’t in your head got enough time under your belt you’re not as useful. I recently wrote about why I don’t count my sobriety time for exactly this reason. Why do we value time so much? It’s such an arbitrary concept when every day your perception of sobriety is different. Keep writing and keep speaking your truth with conviction. I enjoy your writing and I think you have something relevant and important to say