Omg I’m clean ! I’ve never even tried fentynal or any drugs…jebis
I feel like I’m perhaps not seeing your point of view and would like to.
You feel this forum is terrible for people.
You have found other places you like much better.
So why did you feel the need to come back here?
It’s alright to be angry. I’m just trying to see if I can understand why when you’ve found the answer to your issue already (ie. Going to other forums you like more)
K i am just leaving this here…not even reading the comments…think how you want, I said what I thought. Bye
You have only been met with support in these comments. You’ll be met with support if you ever decide to come back. Take care.
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Also if you have a porn addiction drug or alcohol, why does this forum not post dildos or sex and booze photos, but it’s okay to post food? People have food addictions. Its just okay to whatever the dumb so called community say, there are so many addictions out there, but this app just let’s people start stupid useless threads instead of meaningful deep conversations
I would encourage anyone who is struggling with feeling excluded, unsupported or generally concerned about people not acting within the forum guidelines to send a private message to @moderators, we are here to help where we can.
Of course on a forum with so many members from different places and at different points in their recovery, there will be a broad range of topics. The forum is first and foremost a place for support with recovery but we all need different things at different times.
It seems like a good opportunity to remind everyone about using tags to help organise the forum, and mute content you do not wish to see. You can also mute categories, like just for fun, if that is distracting for your recovery. Anyone with Regular status can add and edit categories and tags.
And also, as the Zoom meeting was mentioned, a reminder that this is not part of TS but something that a group of people here decided to set up.
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Or people struggling with weight… yes you support the weightloss group, and all that other social media acceptance shit. Just talk about addiction, real problems. Not what’s outside your window, how about inside your soul. And people struggling see those posts !
This is something we are aware of. It is difficult to get it right for everyone all the time.
Personally I am trying to add tags to topics that I think could be triggering so people can avoid them (see above post re muting tags) but I don’t read everything. We do rely on the community to help with stuff like this.
However, the forum won’t be for everyone. We all have different needs and we just have to find what works for us. Hope you find what works for you, whether it’s here or elsewhere 
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I remember when I first made a serious attempt at becoming sober I had to self isolate and this Forum was my lifeline. I had many shit days and felt lonely- and only had enough energy to participate in some of the lighter threads. Sometimes the threads add up quickly and some get missed- but it’s never intentional. A lot of people come and go and lot of people have been here a long time and have even made friendships. It may appear to be clickey at times- but really it’s not.
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When I wake up sober, and have my coffee and open this app its all about the wrong things…and people acting so immature and nothing about real REAL addictions, its all laugh and jokes. I found it actually very hard to connect with anyone, especially with my addictions and hidden addictions, and even now it still is hard to find actual useful encouragement, not just the comment " you’re not alone were here"…" welcome"…crap. I found myself relapsing which I blame nobody. But myself. But then I climbmy way back up to here, and again found nothing helpful except highschool gossip crap. I don’t know how to find groups I tried on here but everything just comes up as the stupid post your pet and all that crap all over again. I came here to find help. Not a sober facebook
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I wish you all the best Jade. Take care and I hope you find what works for you. When I first came here I was so very alone and frightened. I stuck around and read information relevant to what I needed at that moment. What I needed, I found but this is ever changing…With each stage of my fight I needed different things. This place won’t work for everybody but it works for me (right now at this stage in my sobriety) I take what I need and leave the rest. If ever you decide to come back it will be lovely to see you again. Be safe 
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If you (or anyone!) would like to find help on specific topics or addictions, try the search bar 
if you haven’t already.
If you don’t feel comfortable creating a post to talk about your own experience and ask for specific advice etc, feel free to private message me or any of the moderators, or members with regular status, we could probably point you in the direction of people and posts that might be useful to you.
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Personally what ive found the most helpfull in my recovery is just talking to someone your comfortable with. If you need someone to talk to feel free to message me, i’ll try to help if i can or just listen and talk. Wish the best for you
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Also, I put together this topic at the start of the month with the intention of helping newer folk find some useful content and get a feel for the place -
When I joined it was an active community but it is just getting busier and busier!
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I dont want to be heard, even though I make it out to be that way. I just get angry and I speak. I wont apologize for being me.i just feel this app isn’t very genuine. Maybe I got off on the wrong start.
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I get what you’re saying.
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Agreed, your feelings are valid. Personally i dont mind the other topics, i just ignore the ones that dont intrest me/help in my recovery. What really drew me in was the acceptance and love of the recovery community. No matter how big of a jerk i was, they always welcomed me with open arms and told me to keep coming back. There really can be a sense of community. It took me a while to get into it because im a quiet introvert but definitly was worth it once i opened up and joined the community.
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I so appreciate all that you’ve said here Jenna. And @anon23883251 I can relate to some of what you’ve said, 
Sometimes I get super pissed or even just annoyed when I come here and see stuff that seems like it goes against my idea of a sober forum. But it’s also just my issue, I think, and this is a worldwide group of a whole lotta different types of people who have different expectations and needs and interests and I had to realize that it really can be relevant to how people stay sober. It’s about connection. So, I mute entire threads. I don’t even see them anymore when I come here. I know it can seem like more work, but it’s worth it for me to do that so I can get out of this what helps me. And to be honest it is what is keeping me sober. So I hope it helped to share your thoughts. I hear you. I hope you try and craft your feed so you don’t have to see what bugs ya. Stay, if you want. I hope so.
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Can’t I get blocked from this app…ive tried to delete my profile but I dont know how
Well said. Same here!!! I’m such an introvert and I get that connection to others who are having their own struggles and we are stronger together.
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