What has been your highlight today, no matter how big or small? Come share 🫶

That's smart : ) @GezzaP

Sounds like you've had a positive day @heartathome sounds like a triple win!

I hope you have a lovely sleep

Having a thread for recovery 'gems' sounds like a good idea @tyme . I guess people would have to be very careful about what they're sharing on here though, considering the recovery group is confidential. I'd love to know what other people are learning, though. I like the idea! 💛

Very true about confidentiality. @heartathome . I was thinking more about those 'gems' as you mentioned.

I'll see what @0ddsidian thinks.

is the confidentiality compulsory @tyme ?

by that i mean the only way of the thread exposing any type of identity is if the individual posts and then its only possibly people in that particular group maybe going i knew it was them HAA! or something and again if the person chooses to post straight after saying what group it was they arent worried about thier confidentiality where of course for others its respectfully a matter of importance for any number of reasons so them people could post the next week after the same groups been re attended.....

i think i just asked a question 🤔

It's so good that you're being mindful of confidentiality / anonymity @heartathome. Really appreciate that. It's great to hear that you got that little gem out of the group!

I totally get what you mean @REDLINEZ750. There's a couple of things we think about when it comes to anonymity / confidentiality.

1) Part of the reason for "compulsory confidentiality" is that there are sometimes people in groups / forums who absolutely want to remain anonymous but would struggle to say no / put a boundary in place about that if they didn't have the guidelines to fall back on. So by having clear guidelines of remaining anonymous for everyone it helps those people be like "Yeah, I won't identify myself because that's a rule for everyone". There's less pressure to even consider "identifying" yourself, if that makes sense.

2) Re. the idea of a person coming back to post in a hypothetical post "next week after the same group"; that would potentially mean that someone who wants to post and share about their experience in a group but wants to remain anonymous would have to wait to share, and I'd hate to want to make anyone feel like they are at a disadvantage to another member.

I hope that makes sense. Appreciate you asking the question too!

I reckon there's a way to create a thread / place to share the gems people learn in their recovery and / or supports from SANE though. Obviously there are heaps of threads that people have started that relate to the topics of the groups already but let me have a longer think about if there's any other ideas I can think of! Thanks @tyme ♥️

Obviously everyone's highlight for today is me arriving back to Aus from holidays, and thus being able to re-join forum land, right?! 🤣 (I am totally joking about all except for the arriving home again today -- but too fun not to jibe with almost toxic positivity there lol).

I can be grateful for safe flights & travels on my trip. And bonus, being the first flight to land at the airport today meant that it was super quick to get through immigration and then customs/quarantine because there were no queues other than our small flight lol.

What are the best highlights I have missed?

I saw mention of the "gems" from recovery group question, which I thought was very interesting and wondered about that confidentially aspect in the past re: if in a group is it a problem if people can obviously connect me between my posts and what is said in a group (I am not in one of the groups, so not an issue for me - but was a "I wonder how that goes..." for possibly in the future).

@heartathome I love the gem you shared. 🙂 And I can see how reframing those words from "should/have" to "can" would be very different in terms of how activities/behaviours can be perceived/motivation/etc. I think some days I'm good at saying "I can do it", but I think often I feel very much like dragging my feet with an I "should/must" and "I don't want to have to".

I will post photos when I have time to edit them to upload size and select a few best ones. Prob post in the travel thread I reckon and can tag people who are interested. Mostly wildlife photos, but a few scenery and a few flowers too.

Welcome back @AlwaysMyself 🤗 So many people will love seeing that you're back, me for one! I'm looking forward to hearing all about your holiday and seeing the pics! 💛

Okay here comes the catch-ups 💜🤗, so good to be back on board!!

@Till23! How are you going sorry it’s been so long in between chats!! Have you played any more table tennis lately? (Who knows the more games you play you become a pro 😅masters games next haha). My friend and I might go and play squash in the next few weeks, I just have to buy some more grips for my racquets! I love squash !!

Yessss I remember about your photography I think that was one of our first discussions talking about it and if I remember specialising in micro photography? Or maybe I got that wrong 😜, I loved the pics you have posted!! Can’t wait for any more you want to post at any time 😃, I also love taking photos!

Oh wow Till23, you volunteer also! That is sooo lovely of you!!! In a soup kitchen hey, how long have you been doing that. Thanks for your service to the community, you are so lovely to do that 💜🙏

What an early start too!! Hope you got your car registered too!!

Yeah I work shift work all the time, lucky it’s all I know. Can be good, not sure I could be an 8-4 Monday to Friday to be honest. So definitely good and bad parts about it! My roster always changes, was that how rosters were?
How’s your knee going?
Your dinner on the 10/11 sounded so good!! I am not sure what I am going to have tonight 🤪.

I get that feeling of missing your dogs when I lost my last one to cancer it was tough, it was a year until I got my girl now.

Would you volunteer/ get paid re dog walking, can be a bit challenging walking dogs you don’t know though definitely get that but i have had people I know take rescue dogs for walks or in your area someone might want there dog walked if they work lots or something 😁, do you think you’ll ever get another dog of your own?
I hope you have been keeping cool, here it’s been mostly warm at the moment, rain at times which has been lovely!

I have been really busy house sitting actually! It’s been a lot of fun but lots of work! Hope you are travelling ok and again sorry for such a late reply 💛