https://soberboots.org/tags/soberiety/Recent content in Soberiety on Walking in Sober Bootshttps://soberboots.org/soberboots/assets/uploads/2023/07/img_1290.jpghttps://soberboots.org/soberboots/assets/uploads/2023/07/img_1290.jpgHugoenSat, 31 Aug 2019 20:26:44 -0400https://soberboots.org/2019/08/31/waves/Sat, 31 Aug 2019 20:26:44 -0400https://soberboots.org/2019/08/31/waves/<p>The first wave shouldn&rsquo;t have been a surprise, but it still knocked me off my feet. I&rsquo;d seen it coming, and with all the confidence of a young boy, I stood and faced it head on, fully expecting that it would be no match for me. Quite the contrary, I was no match for it.</p>https://soberboots.org/2018/09/09/imposter-i-dont-think-so/Sun, 09 Sep 2018 11:19:05 -0400https://soberboots.org/2018/09/09/imposter-i-dont-think-so/<p style="padding-left:30px;"><strong>im·pos·tor</strong> <em>imˈpästər</em> <em>noun</em></p> <p style="padding-left:30px;">a person who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive others, especially for fraudulent gain.</p> <p style="padding-left:60px;"><em>synonyms</em>: impersonator, masquerader, pretender, imitator, deceiver, hoaxer, trickster, fraudster, swindler</p> <p>As I sit in the meeting, listening intently, trying to hear a message that I&rsquo;ve not heard one hundred &ndash; (no, thousands) &ndash; times before, I hear only the same things over and over again. The medium might be different but the message is the same.</p>