LIS, you ask a very good question, one that I've been asking myself lately. You mentioned the tough love, and I'm all for it if it's actually producing something. But I'm not finding any value in this thread anymore, and it's run way off its original goal of sharing the struggles and successes of WAS's. I'm not getting any answers to my specific questions regarding specific problems and what I can do to improve my M for me anyway. In addition, continuing to focus on the problems in my M takes me away from the peace of acceptance.
So I think the answer has become that there really isn't a reason anymore. There's a number of sitch's I've been following for a while that I'll continue to follow, but I'm not sure I see a need for my own thread. I like your approach of just lurking.