For any in the BDSM/kinky lifestyle who are also in recovery...

[TommyCelt]

Check out Recovery in The Lifestyle/RitL. The fellowship is based on AAWS-approved 12 Steps and 12 Traditions. Anyone who is in the BDSM lifestyle and participates in ANY 12-step recovery program (AA, NA, OA, pick-an-A) is eligible for membership.

www.ritl.org/about.html

Recovery in the Lifestyle is a fellowship of BDSM lifestyle people who are in recovery, r would like to be, and their guests. RitL follows the steps of recovery and respects the great importance of anonymity for many of us.

[irisblue]

1. Thanks

[Un Spun]

2. Here to learn, so I can help another.

Greetings!
I am a recovering addict, a Peer Support Specialist, and, a Dom. (among many other things)|
A friend in another online recovery group has reached out to me regarding her attempts at recovery, and her fears of how things might change for her as she gets clean.
Since she's a sub, (and therefore her specific circumstances fall outside my scope of experience) I'm here to ask questions in order to gain insight.
If I'm to help my fellow addict, I must first learn more than I now know.

I don't know which specific questions to ask yet, that will evolve as she and I interact.

My primary purpose here today, is to become a member of this group, so that I can direct her here and have her see a familiar face when she walks through the door.

Thank you all!!

[marble falls]

3. I'm more interested in your secondary purpose.

[NurseJackie]

4. ...

[Stuart G]

5. What is your secondary purpose of being here? Please explain clearly

If you are not here for recovery, why are you here?

,,,If your friend heeds help and wants to show up, let her show up. Forget this...have her show up. Let her ask the questions. Let her come on her own. We do not need an observer for someone else. We need interested people in this group. Not observers for others.

[irisblue]

6. Welcome to another user in recovery. You can let your friend know, we'll be happy to talk to her