Create a username and password.
Please remember to check and agree to the Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and Code of Conduct boxes.
You will be redirected to your 'my page.'
Also, please 'tag' yourself with as much information as you are comfortable with--this lets others find you to connect with. You never know if you might be making someone's life easier to see that they're not alone.
my page
Here you can start developing your personal profile.
The edit buttons will allow you to add information and delete information as you see fit.
You may also make information 'private' or 'public' by selecting either preference within the 'edit' option of that category.
At any time, you may 'view my public page' (located under the navigation bar) so that you may see what is currently being shown to the public.
Upload a Photo
Add an image to represent yourself on the site by using the 'edit photo' option. You may change this at any time.
Add information to your page about yourself under the different categories:
my story
Describe your experience, strength and hope or anything you want members to know about yourself.
gratitude list
Whatever you are grateful for! We recommend writing a new one every day--As author, Dr. Ron B. suggested, "Gratitude is the streetcar to a better attitude."
groups
Create a group by using the 'edit' option next to groups. You may invite anyone to join. You are automatically a member of 'The Rest Stop' community group. you may edit your groups, delete yourself from them and so on under the 'edit' option. You may also access the 'groups' page through the 'community' tab in the navigation bar at the top of the page.
journal
Keep track of your personal events, vent about anything or just free write! You may select these entries to be 'private' or 'public' within the 'edit' option.
posts
You may add posts to the Sharing Wall through the 'add/edit' option or through the home-page link 'the sharing wall' and then choosing the 'add a post' option. You may edit these thoughts. You may also save others' 'sharing wall' posts to your own page. See below.
the sharing wall
Here members share their thoughts with the public. You may add a post, and select whether or not you would like to be anonymous.
save/report
You may also 'save' posts to your own 'my page' by selecting the 'save' option within the post you like. If you find a post to be inappropriate, select the 'report' option within that particular post, state your reason and then send it off to us. See Code of Conduct for more info.
Daily Feature
Each day a new blog will be added to the to the sidebar from one of the seven defining links of the site:
Building the Road
Our site creators speak about life, recovery, and web development, we would like to keep people up to date with the organizations' development, our mission and who we are as people.
Show & Tell
Any poem, art, music, video or image members want to post to a 'wall' on the site to let The Second Road community know a little more about you.
Recovery Videos
Our latest produced posted video stories.
On the Road
Hot topics for the recovery community - give us your thoughts and opinions on the subject.
Mind, Body, Spirit
A place for folks to talk about their interpretation of each of the three or how they come together. Also, Martha Woodroof's blog, 'Twelve Steps to a Real Life and a Pretty Good Time.'
Experts Exchange
Professionals from all fields speak about life after treatment, learning life skills, being young and clean, their own recovery and finding meaning in life once they have stopped using.
Roadside Attractions
Book, movie, music, reviews and discussion, also find how to buy related books etc. from Amazon.com.
Make a donation
In order for us to maintain the site, grow our community and add cool new features, we depend on the support of people like you. We encourage contributions to the site so that ‘people helping people’ will continue on in perpetuity. If you make a donation of $25 or more, you may obtain a place on our 'map.'
Our Sponsors
If you make a donation to The Second Road, you may 'own your place on the map!' This is also a page for us to humbly thank our generous and supportive donors - let them know how much their support means to all of us by joining the site and sending them a message.
Supporters
These are organizations that have supported us in finding resources, sharing information and research, and opening their doors for us to film their constituents.
Resources
Various organizations to help out if you're in crisis and give support and/or resources.
To enter feedback, scroll down to the bottom of page
and enter your comment into the blank text box,
then hit the "Comment" button to post your feedback live.
Click on the "Comments" in red text
to add a comment to the site about this forum post.
To add a forum post, enter your title and post content,
then hit the "submit" button to the bottom right.
Please note that you cannot edit or delete forum posts
after you hit the submit button.
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Only you will be able to see the groups
you create that are marked "unlisted"
you can click back and forth here between groups
you've created and groups that you're a member of.
click title to edit groups that you've created
(you can't edit a group that you didn't create,
even if you are a member of that group)
To delete a message, click the check box next to
that message and then hit the delete button.
To view sent messages, click on the "outbox" link.
Click "BLOCK" if you don't wish to receive
messages from this person again.
Personal information, such as email address,
password, security question and date of birth
will not be displayed on the public site.
The members list is a page on the website
which lists all members by user name.
If you choose to post your name there,
other members will have easy access to
find and view your profile.
For example, if you type "alcoholism",
your profile will come up in the search
results when another user or member types
"alcoholism" into the search bar.
Click on a member's name to view their profile.
Click on any tag to view a list of other members
who have "tagged" themselves with the same identifying tag,
like "alcoholic", "recovery" or "peaceful".
Select a privacy setting for this entry.
'my journal' will not be accessible to anyone but you
'forum' entires appear in the TSR forum
which is visible to all TSR members and guests
click 'my journal' to view, edit or delete your journal entries
click 'forum' to view, edit or delete your forum entires
allow or disallow others to post comments to your public posts
Click the X to delete a photo.
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Click 'edit photo' to change a photo's status,
add a caption or set it to be your main photo
Sharing Wall Help Text,
add tags to your post to increase visibility of your entry
select a privacy setting. public appears on the home page. private is visible only to you. or post something anonymously.
to delete an entry, click the "X"
Enter keywords to enable others to find you.
(examples: 'music lover' or 'african american' or 'New York').
Seperate keywords with commas.
Click on any tag to view a list of other members
who have "tagged" themselves with the same identifying
tag, like "alcoholic", "recovery" or "peaceful".
To watch a video, click on the photo of the
speaker and then scroll back up to the video
player and hit the play button.
To post a comment about someone's journal entry, click
the red text that states either "0 Comments" or displays
the number of comments made, such as "4 Comments"
