:H March is almost over and I didn't realize we had never started our monthly thread. nonamegirl's March title threw me but she is working on her personal AF journey through the month of March. Being most moderators are not AF but are moderating, it may not be the best thread to post our modding experiences so figured I'd better get our monthly thread up and going.
For newbies, the monthly thread is where we post our daily accomplishments or struggles with our moderating lifestyle. If someone wants to create something different
e.g. Mocktails for modders (listing new non-al drinks) then that would become a different thread. However, to share how yesterday went (e.g. how we fought the urge to drink or decided to have a drink on a day when we normally don't drink on week-days) then that becomes the place to post. It just seems easier to have one major thread where we share information back and forth than a lot of individual threads where we may be jumping all over the place.
FYI, Ruby Tuesday was created years ago to report our weekly goals. So, if our goal was to go from daily drinking to 3x a week, we would list that as our goal on Sunday or Monday and then the following week we would share if we met our goal and if not, try to determine why not. It was devised to take the place of a weekly face to face meeting. It has waxed and waned with people posting on it but it's a good thread, esp. for newbies to make goals, and evaluate progress on a weekly basis. Check it out here:
https://www.mywayout.org/community/f3...ng-41622.html:
Also, for newbies, most people old and new post in the long term thread. Can't remember the original reason, it may have had to do with the linking system, e.g. messages would go to phones from the long term thread but not the monthly so a person didn't see the new posts there. Not sure if things have changed re that but that's why that area is kind of lifeless. Some of us try to check it out more often to catch newbies but some fall through the cracks.
Finally, the mod forum is the place where you will not be judged, and hopefully will not get any condescending or judgmental replies from anyone. This is the place where we believe in a different philosophy which is, "Yes, some people can moderate". This is not an all or nothing approach here and you can feel free to test the waters of moderation if that is what you want to do. For newbies, you may want to check out this site if you are thinking of moderating for the first time: https://www.mywayout.org/community/f3...ate-68441.html
Well, let's keep marching on! April will be here before we know it.
:l
Eve11
For newbies, the monthly thread is where we post our daily accomplishments or struggles with our moderating lifestyle. If someone wants to create something different
e.g. Mocktails for modders (listing new non-al drinks) then that would become a different thread. However, to share how yesterday went (e.g. how we fought the urge to drink or decided to have a drink on a day when we normally don't drink on week-days) then that becomes the place to post. It just seems easier to have one major thread where we share information back and forth than a lot of individual threads where we may be jumping all over the place.
FYI, Ruby Tuesday was created years ago to report our weekly goals. So, if our goal was to go from daily drinking to 3x a week, we would list that as our goal on Sunday or Monday and then the following week we would share if we met our goal and if not, try to determine why not. It was devised to take the place of a weekly face to face meeting. It has waxed and waned with people posting on it but it's a good thread, esp. for newbies to make goals, and evaluate progress on a weekly basis. Check it out here:
https://www.mywayout.org/community/f3...ng-41622.html:
Also, for newbies, most people old and new post in the long term thread. Can't remember the original reason, it may have had to do with the linking system, e.g. messages would go to phones from the long term thread but not the monthly so a person didn't see the new posts there. Not sure if things have changed re that but that's why that area is kind of lifeless. Some of us try to check it out more often to catch newbies but some fall through the cracks.
Finally, the mod forum is the place where you will not be judged, and hopefully will not get any condescending or judgmental replies from anyone. This is the place where we believe in a different philosophy which is, "Yes, some people can moderate". This is not an all or nothing approach here and you can feel free to test the waters of moderation if that is what you want to do. For newbies, you may want to check out this site if you are thinking of moderating for the first time: https://www.mywayout.org/community/f3...ate-68441.html
Well, let's keep marching on! April will be here before we know it.
:l
Eve11
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