Recovery Online

There are a lot of terrific resources online to help you with your recovery. This can be particularly important if you live in a very rural area or have difficult obstacles that make it hard to get to as many meetings as you would like.   If you go to Google and type in “recovery discussion boards” or “recovery blogs” you will find a ton of them out there.

I recently tried out One Recovery – which is a free site where you can create a profile and communicate with other people in recovery in private. It’s sort of like Facebook for recovering people.  Also, family members and friends who support you can join.  One thing I really like is how when you log in it asks how you are feeling – you pick a “smiley face” if you are feeling great, but you can pick from a huge variety of feelings, from anxious to calm, determined to craving.  It alerts other members when you need a little extra support.

I’m new there so I don’t know all the ins and outs, but it seems like a great idea – and it’s free, which always helps ;0).  Check it out at http://www.onerecovery.com