It just stinks when you see the dark side of recovery. No anger toward the individual, but as someone who already struggles with appetite having someone mock me for what I found to aid stupendously in my recovery during that hangover was sickening.
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Ive also had bad experiences. I dont remember who it was on here but someone was asking what I was struggling with and i said Porn and Masturbation. They in return laughed at me for dealikg with something so weak and pathetic. Thats one of the reason why im a quiet shell of the person i used to be.
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Did you report them ? that is life unfortunately, some people are good and some are bad and some just pure evil, wishing you well.
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When there’s something inappropriate or against form rules please everyone message it via PM to @moderators. They will have a look at the situation. Please remember: @moderators does only function in PM, not as tag in posts.
A good reminder for all here to be polite, share experience and care for each other. Take what’s for you and leave the rest. Not every topic and issue is for everyone. Be respectful and let opinions be what they are: individual.
I remember I muted you @donut89 in spring because your tone was too aggressive for me allthough I appreciated your posts. Everyone please remember that you can mute threads and persons to make your personal TS experience more comfortable. We are all here for recovery.
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Out of interest how do you mute people ?
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Sassy just reposted this recently - instructions here.
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Thank you very much
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It speaks volumes that they went for the private message attack rather than the public forum. They would not have got away with that rudeness in front of others.
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I suppose the other thing, what if you have people on here who are not addicts but have a vendetta of addicts for whatever reason, is that possible ?
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Talking Sober is an open forum so it’s possible, although I don’t remember ever seeing it here. Whenever content occurs that you think breaks the rules, please contact the moderators, either by flagging said content or sending a private message addressed to @moderators. Private messages can also be flagged, which is the only way for mods to see private messages.
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I’m so sorry that happened to you. Does not reflect the overwhelming majority on this board.
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I have to remind myself that what people say and do has everything to do with them and nothing to do with me, in real life, here on the forum, same as social media. Someone’s reaction to us is simply that, THEIR reaction, its not yours to own. Your sobriety is more important than someones opinion. Your opinion about you is all that matters.
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Therein lies a huge problem with the internet and online communication. People create a username then say things they would NEVER say if people knew who they were. Cowards, right?
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It is sad to hear.
Thank you for sharing!
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I hate that you had that experience; please keep an open-heart & open-mind. There are a lot of people who have abstinence (sometimes multiple decades) but they still haven’t Recovered from themselves. For those, try to deal with them in Grace and keep-it-pushing.
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‘But still haven’t recovered from themselves’…That is very true…
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I think we would all do well to not throw stones from our glass houses. I am sure no one on this thread (myself included) is innocent in the mistreatment of others. I’m sure there’s many times we said hurtful things and acted in ways that were not beneficial to others. In fact I have seen with my own eyes people (again myself included) from this thread do those things then come here to sit in judgement,
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There is nothing new under the sun…
Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.
New Testament, book of Matthew, chapter 7
I’m not excusing creeps and predators. But we can exercise some compassion while acknowledging hurtful actions and bad intentions.
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Good profile picture, do you have the coins of AA of the real in your meeting?
Have good days
Becarefully it’s good idea from the recovery, and i need alarm with my dangerous wit my ensecured , i used the alarm methods with myself, before i relapsed in during covid ,my economy don’t back , i sell all my favorite tools like guitars 
and camera 
,also can I take some money , necessary first with my profection, but i sell alcohol during covid but i can keep not drinking but i saw the bottles of alcohol, i try it and i relapsed, actually really safety my recovery with don’t sell some alcohols, alcoholism is very tricky
Thanks for sharing
no i should have though.