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Online Safety Tips
Don’t disclose personal
information or anything that makes you uncomfortable. Many people feel they have the right to ask anything and plunge right on in. Ignore
them, use your delete button or simply say that you are not comfortable discussing “that” right now.
Try not to be rude, even
if the other inquiring person is, and try to keep out of cyber-fights. If you need help, seek out the moderator or webmaster (usually linked
on the bottom of the website pages.) If all else fails, move on to another forum, message board or other cyber-location, and leave that one
alone for awhile. If and when things calm down, you can always revisit, see how things are and try again.
Don’t lie. Part of
recovery is facing denial and no more lies. So if you are not comfortable telling the truth, stop. Don’t lie, just stop. Return to healing and
recovery resources that you ARE comfortable with and don’t harm yourself. Realize that all kinds of people of all ages jump on the Internet,
many healthy, but many unhealthy. So not every place is a healthy environment for you at all times. Nothing personal, it’s just life. Period.
And it’s not your fault; there’s nothing you can do. Instead, seek healthier recovery activities and keep healing!
Avoid topics that can
trigger bad episodes, especially those that could possibly mean returning to past addiction –related issues. Here’s a visual way to explain
this, as shared at some recovery 12-step meetings:
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