Hello everyone!
As part of our continuing efforts to make TDS as welcoming as possible to those who are working to become or stay sober, we have a rule which is unique among Bluelight's forums: the no-triggering rule. Basically, it means that one shouldn't post content of any sort that may trigger someone to relapse. This can include things like glorification or fond rememberances of drug or alcohol use, photos of drugs or obviously intoxicated people, etc... This rule, while important to how TDS functions, can be difficult to enforce, as what may be triggering to one person may well be fine for another, even if they are both recovering from addiction to the same substance.
So, after lengthy discussion, the mod team has decided to tweak the rule somewhat. In focus threads, and other threads dealing with specific addiction or withdrawal issues, the rule remains the same: discussion is permitted, but no glorification. In the social threads, no discussion of drugs, legal or otherwise, save for caffeine, will be permitted. The rationale behind this is that there are plenty of other threads in which to discuss the ins and outs of one's drug use, and therefore this shouldn't stifle social conversation.
We'll be leaving this thread open for comments for a little while-- please keep discussion of this new guideline to this thread. And this may be a great chance to take a quick gander at the TDS Guidelines, if you haven't for a while
Thanks!
As part of our continuing efforts to make TDS as welcoming as possible to those who are working to become or stay sober, we have a rule which is unique among Bluelight's forums: the no-triggering rule. Basically, it means that one shouldn't post content of any sort that may trigger someone to relapse. This can include things like glorification or fond rememberances of drug or alcohol use, photos of drugs or obviously intoxicated people, etc... This rule, while important to how TDS functions, can be difficult to enforce, as what may be triggering to one person may well be fine for another, even if they are both recovering from addiction to the same substance.
So, after lengthy discussion, the mod team has decided to tweak the rule somewhat. In focus threads, and other threads dealing with specific addiction or withdrawal issues, the rule remains the same: discussion is permitted, but no glorification. In the social threads, no discussion of drugs, legal or otherwise, save for caffeine, will be permitted. The rationale behind this is that there are plenty of other threads in which to discuss the ins and outs of one's drug use, and therefore this shouldn't stifle social conversation.
We'll be leaving this thread open for comments for a little while-- please keep discussion of this new guideline to this thread. And this may be a great chance to take a quick gander at the TDS Guidelines, if you haven't for a while
Thanks!