Friends and Family of Persons with Addiction (re-make)

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Friends and Family of Persons with Addiction (re-make)

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Friends and Family of Persons with Addiction - lemm.ee

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Overview * This is a safe space for friends and family of addicts to share stories, give support, and post resources for addiction. * This is not a group for people currently experiencing addiction. There are other Fediverse communities with that purpose, and I plan to facilitate my own in the future as well. Notes * This is not exclusive to drug addiction, as there are many types of addiction. * I intend to add resources as I am able. Chat * There is a Matrix channel for a more live-style chat. It can be found at: https://matrix.to/#/%23fafopwa%3Amatrix.org [https://matrix.to/#/%23fafopwa%3Amatrix.org] * Element is a popular client for Matrix channels and is available on iOS [https://apps.apple.com/app/vector/id1083446067], Android [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=im.vector.app], F-Droid [https://f-droid.org/packages/im.vector.app/] and other platforms Resources * Dr Gabor Maté [https://drgabormate.com] has one of the most comprehensive understandings of addiction that I have found. His book In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts [https://www.amazon.com/Realm-Hungry-Ghosts-Encounters-Addiction/dp/155643880X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=in+the+realm+of+hungry+ghosts+gabor+mate&qid=1688948017&sprefix=realm+of+hu%2Caps%2C143&sr=8-1] helps people understand the reason for addiction as we understand it currently. * Addict in the House [https://www.amazon.com/Addict-House-No-Nonsense-Addiction-Recovery/dp/1626252602/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3DXP4U3SCPRE8&keywords=addict+in+the+house&qid=1688948110&sprefix=addict+in+the+house%2Caps%2C118&sr=8-1] by Robin Barnett has a more direct approach for “okay, now what can I actually do in my situation?” Related Communities * [email protected] [/c/[email protected]] Disclaimer * This will not replace counseling, therapy, or medical advice. If you find yourself in an emergent situation, call 911 (in the US) for medical assistance or 988 for mental health crisis.

Friends and Family of Persons with Addiction (fafopwa)

An online support group for people to share experiences and resources, and give support to one another through the many challenges of having a friend/family member struggling with addiction.

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The rules for behavior are a straight carry over of Mastodon.World’s rules. You can click the link but we’ve reposted them here in brief, as a guideline. We will continue to use the Mastodon.World rules as the master list. Over all, be nice to each other and remember this isn’t a community built around debate. For the rules about formatting your posts, scroll down to number 2.

1. Follow the rules of Mastodon.world, which can be found here.

A. Provide an inclusive and supportive environment. This means if it isn’t rulebreaking and we can’t be supportive to them then we probably shouldn’t engage.

B. No illegal content.

C. Use content warnings where appropriate. This means mark your submissions NSFW if need be.

D. No uncivil behavior. This includes, but is not limited to: Name Calling; Bullying; Trolling; Disruptive Commenting; or Personal Criticisms.

E. No Harrassment. As an example in relation to Transgender people this includes, deadnaming, misgendering, and promotion of conversion therapy. Similarly Misogyny, Misandry, and Racism are also banned here.

2. Include a community title and description in your post title. - A following example of this would be New Communities - A place to post new communities all over Lemmy for discovery and promotion.

3. Follow the formatting. - The formatting as included below is important for people getting universal links across Lemmy as easily as possible.

Formatting

Please include this following format in your post:

[link text](/c/community@instance.com)

This provides a link that should work across instances, but in some cases it won’t

You should also include either:

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or instance.com/c/community

FAQ:

Q: Why do I get a 404?

A: At least one user in an instance needs to search for a community before it gets fetched. Searching for the community will bring it into the instance and it will fetch a few of the most recent posts without comments. If a user is subscribed to a community, then all of the future posts and interactions are now in-sync.

Q: When I try to create a post, the circle just spins forever. Why is that?

A: This is a current known issue with large communities. Sometimes it does get posted, but just continues spinning, but sometimes it doesn’t get posted and continues spinning. If it doesn’t actually get posted, the best thing to do is try later. However, only some people seem to be having this problem at the moment.

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