A Funny Thing Happened Around Years Sober

I was tickled to see the theme for this month's issue, "the challenges and solutions in the middling years of sobriety." The first challenge I encountered with this topic is defining what the "middle years" are. Earlier in sobriety, I figured the middle years were, oh, from two to five years of sobriety. After five years, surely, I should have everything figured out and graduate to a wise, perpetually serene, fully-loved, and appreciated old-timer.