If you look back through his posts he mentions how he was a mod on a previous occassion
You must be a bit of a sad case to do that, Matt.
As for 'emotional sobriety', you've thrown your toys out of the pram and deleted your account at least four times, not counting all the times you've been banned (not all by me). Your old accounts litter the ban log.
Then there was that time you lost your temper, gave a final last statement, deleted your account, and then logged on with a sockpuppet account to see what we were saying about you.
You're in your fifties aren't you?
Let it go, mate, and chill a bit.