For the most part, a lot of your details are the same. A few minor areas, like “I’d Like to Meet” have been removed, but you’ll find a lot of new details there, too! Your Privacy settings are currently set to OneRecovery’s defaults, which you can customize under Settings on you’re my Profile page. If you have any other questions or suggestions, please contact support@onerecovery.com and we’d be happy to help!

Currently, OneRecovery doesn’t have the Groups feature, but you can create specific groups of friends under your Friends section on your My Profile page. You can also interact with people like you under the different Forum categories. In the future, OneRecovery may implement an innovative way to approach Groups. Share your thoughts at feedback@onerecovery.com.

With OneRecovery, you’re able to find and set an online Sponsor.

The people in your Care Group are folks whose recovery progress you’d like to stay up-to-date with in order to provide steady care and support. Note: If you accept a friend’s request to become part of their Lifeline, your friend will automatically be added to your Care Group.

Your Lifeline is an important part of recovery! If you’re struggling, feel at risk for replase or simply need to reach out right away, your Lifeline are the first people to turn to. Fill this group with members you trust who are readily available to help.

On the Community page, you’ll find a column that shows Milestones, which are notable moments in a member’s recovery journey, such as the 30/60/90-day markers or a sobriety birthday.

On the Community page, you’ll find a column that shows Celebrations, which reflects which members on the site have been reached various Achievements. Use this as a place to celebrate moving forward in recovery with your OneRecovery friends!

Goals are a great way to keep moving forward in recovery. You can either assign goals to yourself, or your sponsor or treatment center can suggest goals for you. Simply click on the Goals tab of the navigation bar or go the Goal Summary section on the right side of your My Profile page.

• To add a goal: Click on the Add Goal and follow the questions.
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  To review goals: Under My Goals, click on the specific goal that you are working on. You can also click on “Goals From Your Sponsor.”
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  To delete or change goals: Select the goal you’d like to work on, then click “Edit Goal.” From there, you can also assign it to a Sponsee.

At the moment, OneRecovery doesn’t have a Marketplace. Check back with us in the future!

OneRecovery Blogs function slightly differently from the SoberCircle version. Let us know if there are additional features you’d like to see at support@onerecovery.com!

OneRecovery does not have a Favorites feature.

To protect anonymity, you’re unable to see recent visitors to your profile

Currently, you can download a badge to add to your personal site. We’re working on more innovative features to come!

OneRecovery Forums are a bit different, so not all of your forum threads will be saved or moved over. We encourage you to start commenting right away and join current discussions, as part of the OneRecovery community.

To change this setting, from My Profile page, click Edit Profile. Uncheck the  Share with my friends box under Last Name.

Login and click in the Community link.  Click the blue Group Chat button to enter the chat room.

We have saved the audio files and have plans to bring them back to the resources page of OneRecovery.  Look back to that section to find those audio resources and more.

My Profile is your personal page where you can update your information and settings, invite and add friends, and much more! 

Here’s a detailed explanation of the different features you’ll see: 

Status: You can share what you’re currently up to, what’s on your mind or how you’re feeling. Click on the area and update often to keep your friends up-to-date on how you’re doing! 

Emoticon: Each time you log into OneRecovery, you’ll get a pop-up screen that asks “How Are You Feeling Today?” Select an emoticon that reflects your current mood, which will be displayed on your profile to let your friends know how you’re doing.

Edit Profile: Update your personal information and specify what info you’d like to share with others. 

Upload Image: Upload, delete or change your image. Images must be sized 500k or less.  

Settings: Update your password or mobile number. Modify your account, security and notification settings. 

Updates: A dashboard that lists your friends’ status and mood. You’ll be able to reach out to your friends directly from here by clicking on their names. 

Achievements: Scroll over each badge to learn what to do to achieve them. Your badges will become highlighted when achieved and your friends will be notified (unless you specify otherwise under the Settings link.) 

Goals:  Set personal goals to help improve the quality and length of your recovery. If you’re an alumnus of a treatment center, check with your Alumni Coordinator to get help on prioritizing your goals.

 
Recovery Programs: Select Edit Alumni Center to add a Treatment Center. Select Edit Programs to set your Recovery Clock, which you can hide or show on your profile. 

Calendar: Select Add Meeting/Event to help organize your recovery meetings and events. This helpful tool allows you to find events and meetings and invite your friends without having to leave the OneRecovery website!

Friends: Select the View All link to view your pending friend request and invites, set a Sponsor or organize your friends list. 

Wall: A shared bulletin board you and your friends can write on.

Blog: A place to write your thoughts, feelings and opinions that you can share with other members of the site. 

Story: Share you personal recovery story to inspire and support others. 

Journal: A private journal for your personal thoughts.

Achievements are rewards you receive when you accomplish specific activities on the site.  Scroll over each Achievement icon to see what is required to complete that specific Achievement. When you accomplish those tasks, the Achievement will be highlighted on your My Profile page and featured on the Community page (unless you’ve customized your privacy settings differently).

The confirmation email should go directly into the email account you specified during registration. Sometimes, the confirmation email may get caught in your spam filter.  Please check there. If you still can’t find it, please contact us at support@onerecovery.com.

To edit your Alumni Center or Recovery Program, go to your My Profile page, scroll down to Recovery Programs on the left side of the page, then click Edit Alumni Center or Edit Programs.  Under “Edit Alumni Center,” a pop-up will appear that enables you to select the treatment facility you attended. Under “Edit Programs,” a pop-up will appear for you to choose your program, edit your Recovery Clock and allow others in your selected fellowship to find you.  You can choose more than one program.

Under “Recovery Programs” on your My Profile page, click on Add/Edit Programs. A pop-up will appear for you to choose your program. 

You can choose more than one program to display more than one Recovery Clock as well as rename your clock. You must select In Recovery under Account Settings to display your Recovery Clock.

From the Meetings or Events page, you’ll see a listing of what’s going on. To add a meeting or event to your personal calendar, just click on the “Add to Calendar” link. You’ll see a pop-up asking you to confirm. Or, you can click on each individual meeting or event and you’ll see an “Add to My Calendar” link at the top of the page. Click on that and you’ll see a pop-up asking you to confirm.

You can either assign Goals to yourself, or your sponsor or treatment center can suggest Goals for you.  Simply click on the Goals tab of the navigation bar or go the Goal Summary section on the right side of your My Profile page.

• To add a goal: Click on Add Goal, choose a Goal Type, click “Continue” and follow the instructions.
• To review Goals: Under My Goals, click on the specific goal on which you are working.  You can also click on “Goals From Your Sponsor” or “Goals from your Treatment Center”
  
• To delete or change Goals: Select the Goal you’d like to work on, then click “Edit Goal.” 

Members must request screen name changes by sending an email to support@onerecovery.com. The email must come from the email account registered with the existing member name.    Please send the existing name and desired screen name and allow one business day to process.  If the desired name is in use you will be asked to select another name.

To deactivate your account please login, then from the My Profile page select Settings, on the bottom right hand corner click the Deactivate Profile link.  This will remove your profile from the live site.

To reactivate your account, login in using the same email address and password and fill out the forms to activate your account.

The site is available to anyone who has a desire to be in recovery, or of service to those in or seeking recovery.  We require members to register via an invite from a member or from the request an invite on the learn more page  We do not have an “open” registration site to help protect our site and our members from automated registration bots, spammers, predators, and to keep the community focused on those interested in supporting one another in their recovery.

OneRecovery allows you to control your own level of anonymity. You can choose whether to share your profile with others and if so, what content you’d like people to see. For example, you can choose to share your Blogs with all members within the OneRecovery community or only to friends you’ve accepted into your personal OneRecovery network.

These are the OneRecovery levels of privacy:

- The Internet: Anyone searching online can find your information.

- OneRecovery Members: Only members of the OneRecovery site can see your info.

- Treatment Center Alumni: Only members of your Treatment Center can see your info.

- My Friends: Only people you’ve accepted into your OneRecovery network of friends can see your info.

- Me: Only you can see your info.

To set your privacy preferences, visit the Settings link from the My Profile page. It is your responsibility to customize your privacy settings to determine who can see your content.

OneRecovery respects the privacy of our registered members by implementing safeguards to protect your personal information, all of which are detailed in the Privacy Policy.

As a OneRecovery member, you can control how much of your content you’d like others to see through the Settings links on the My Profile page.

If you are an alumnus of a Treatment Center and have joined their network on OneRecovery after accepting their Terms of Service, your OneRecovery profile information will also be available to them.

Under Settings on your personal My Profile page, you can determine who has access to read different types of content that you post, such as Blogs and Journals.

Inappropriate activity should be reported immediately via email to support@onerecovery.com.  OneRecovery has the option, per our Terms of Use, to suspend or terminate a member’s account if they are conducting activity that is prohibited on the site.  Please review the Terms of Use for details on acceptable content.

Building your friend network on OneRecovery is where the power of healing begins.  OneRecovery helps you keep in touch with the people closest to you for constant strength and hope. You have the ability to import address books directly from Hotmail/Livemail, Yahoo!, AOL and Gmail—it's simple, fast, and you can be selective about who to invite.  Click on the Invite People button at the top of the page and follow the instructions on how to add friends to your network.  Or, click on the Search People button to find people you may know or others you can relate to.

Either click on the Search People button at the top of the page, or in the ‘Search’ bar, type in a friend’s name, specific zip code or city or fellowship.  Click ‘Search’ and results will appear.  If you can’t find what you’re looking for, it could be that the OneRecovery member currently has set their profile to “Private”.

You can find the friend requests you’ve sent and received on the My Profile page under your “Inbox”.  You can also find them by clicking “View All” under “My Friends”, and then expanding the “Requests” area. Simply click “Accept” to add the person into your network or “Refuse” to deny them. 

Go to your “My Profile” page, then click on the “View All” link under “Friends”. You’ll see a list of “Requests”, “Care Group”, “Lifeline”, and any custom group you’ve created, then all of your “Friends”.  Expand the “Friends” section and click “Edit” beside each friend’s name to add him or her to your “Care Group”, “Lifeline” or custom Group.

The people in your “Care Group” are folks whose recovery progress you’d like to especially stay up-to-date with in order to provide steady care and support. Note: If you accept a friend’s request to become part of their “Lifeline”, your friend will automatically be added to your “Care Group”.

Your “Lifeline” can be an important part of recovery! If you’re struggling, feeling at risk for relapse or simply need to reach out right away, your “Lifeline” includes the first people you would turn to.  Fill this group with members you trust and who are readily available to help.

Click on “View All” in the Friends box, then click on “Set My Sponsor” on the right side of the page. A text box will pop up that’ll prompt you to fill out the required fields. Your OneRecovery friend will then be notified of your request.

A OneRecovery member has to request you to be their Sponsor.  You will receive an email to your OneRecovery account with a Sponsee request.  Simply click “Accept.”

It may be helpful to offer a little history behind the Halos. After losing several friends to alcohol and drug overdoses, the founder of OneRecovery started this community with the intent to save lives from the ravages of addiction by improving the quality and duration of those in, or seeking recovery.

The Halos are designed to provide visual representation on how your Friends are doing, and offer a way to quickly identify who may need your support.

The Halos represent the mood of the member as determined by the selected emoticon when logging in.

• Green is for a good or low risk mood, associated with being happy, grateful, calm, determined, hopeful, lovestruck or strong.
• Yellow is associated with medium risk moods such as afraid, bored, distressed, guilty, irritable, lonely, misunderstood, needy, restless, sad or tired.
• Red is associated with a higher risk, represented by cravings, anger, anxiety, being ashamed, pain, depression obsession or resentment.

Friends groups can be sorted by the Halo color. Care groups and Lifelines can be populated with specific Friends, Alumni, Sponsor, or Sponsees, for easier and efficient peer communication and support.

To manage groups, open the Friends module, expand the Friends group by clicking the green +. On the right side of the column there is an Edit friend button. Click this to learn more about managing Friend groups.

OneRecovery also has user defined Notification Settings intended to let Members manage their Friends Alerts. To manage the Notification Settings, go to your My Profile page and click Settings. Then click the Notification Settings tab. Click the green + button to expand the preference options.

Anyone who signs up on the site is a OneRecovery member. Treatment Center alumni are OneRecovery members who are attending or have attended a specific treatment center. If you attended a Treatment Center and would like to become part of that alumni community, choose your Treatment Center under Recovery Programs on your My Profile page, which will send a request to the manager from that specific center who may grant you access. If you do not see your Treatment Center listed, please contact support@onerecovery.com.

Just contact OneRecovery at support@onerecovery.com and we’ll be happy to do that for you!

You can see all the latest “Celebrations”, “Milestones”, “Forum” posts, “Blog” posts, newest members and who’s online now from the “Community” page.

Just click on the Group Chat icon on the Community page, and you’ll be taken to a room where other OneRecovery members are chatting online. This is a great way to reach out if you’re struggling in the moment! Click on “Rooms” at the top to join a room for your specific fellowship or to create your own Room, where you can invite other Members to join your chat! You can also play around with different features on the site, such as changing your background image or adding an image to your chat window. And, by clicking on any specific member in Group Chat, you’ll see additional features, such as the ability to “Block” members in the Chat Room that you do not want to see, possibly due to inappropriate behavior.

Note: Video Chat is currently unavailable for the Mac. We will let you know via email and e-newsletter when it is available.

Forums are online meeting places where members can openly discuss a variety of topics related to recovery. Use this space to connect with others who understand where you’ve been and where you are now in recovery! Click on any topic to share your thoughts. Forum threads are organized from oldest to newest, so you can follow the thread of conversation.

The forum topic is controlled by your OneRecovery administrator. While anyone can comment and continue a thread, if you’d like to start a topic, please contact OneRecovery through the Leave Feedback link.

Forum topics are currently managed by OneRecovery though anyone can comment and continue a thread. If you’d like to start a topic, please contact OneRecovery via the Leave Feedback link at the top of any page in the site.

On OneRecovery blogs, members can post entries about their personal experiences, thoughts, activities and more. By sharing your thoughts or reading those of others, you’re helping to build experience, strength and hope within the OneRecovery community. You can set security preferences for your blog entries under Settings on your “My Profile” page or customize who can read each entry at the time of posting the blog.

On the main navigation bar, click the Blog tab. You will then click on “Post New Blog” and follow the form. Any field marked with an asterisk (*) is required. Once you are finished, click “Publish.”

Your blog is your space to post anything you’d like to express. Keep in mind that offensive language and behavior will be flagged for removal, according to our Terms of Use. OneRecovery recommends that you DO NOT post personal information such as phone number, SSN, DOB, etc. because it will be available for all members to see in this public forum.

If there’s a member on OneRecovery whose blogs you’d like to follow, you can subscribe to his or her blogs in the following ways:

1) From the Blogs page, click on any blog entry, then click on “Subscribe To This Blog” on the right.
2) If you’re on a friend’s profile page, you can click on their Blogs tab, then subscribe on the right. 

You can see all of your Blog Subscriptions in one place from the Blogs page.

Your Story is a great way to share your recovery journey with other people on the site, who can relate and connect with what you’ve gone through. It’s also a great way to provide inspiration and hope with your OneRecovery friends. When  you make your Story available, it is a powerful way to help others who may be going through what you have already experienced.

To add a meeting or event, click on the Add a Meeting/Event link under the Calendar section of your My Profile page. Scroll your mouse over either “Meeting” or “Event,” and you’ll be taken to the respective page. Just fill out all the required fields on the form, then click “Save.” You’ll be able to invite members to the meeting, and choose whether it’s recurring.

Click on Meetings in the main navigation bar, then “Search Meetings”. You can search for meetings by location, type or fellowship.

Click on Events in the main navigation bar, then “Search Events”.

Any member of OneRecovery has the ability to post an event. We recommend that members post events that will bring people together in a positive and fun way. Some ideas for sober events are BBQs, dances, movies, bowling/pool outings, hikes, bike rides, beach trips, karaoke, open mic nights, concerts, sporting events and having coffee with friends. To post an event, click on Event on the main navigation bar, then “Post an Event”. Fill out your event details, then click “Save”.

OneRecovery is working to create an extensive list of meetings throughout the country. In the meantime, if you find a meeting that you like, please add it to our meetings section! We’d love your recommendations. In the meantime, you can try searching local meetings AA, NA, OA and other 12-Step meetings by conducting a Google search with those key words and your zip code.

Are you looking for recovery-related information or how to deal with family members who don’t understand addiction? Searching for articles from experts and tips on how to stay healthy?  OneRecovery features an ever-growing resource of articles, tips and other support materials dedicated to sobriety.

Here’s what you do:
1) Click on Goals in the main navigation bar.
2) Click “Add New Goal”.
3) Complete the form, then click “Submit”!

Here’s what you do:
1) Click on Goals in the main navigation bar.
2) Click “Add New Goal”.
3) The form will ask, “Who is this Goal for?” Click on “Sponsee”.
4) Fill out all the fields, then click “Submit”.

Click on Goals in the main navigation bar.  You’ll see a tab that says “Goals From Your Sponsor”.

A key method to help motivate people to achieve their goals is to share that goal with others. Once you tell more people about your goal, it increases one’s motivation and commitment to complete it! OneRecovery provides the platform to share your goals with friends and support one another in achieving them.

You can block a user from the user’s profile page by clicking the Block User link.  You can also click the Search People button and find a user. You can also block users who have private profiles.   From your My Profile page, click the Settings link and the User Block Settings tab will allow members to search and block any user on the site.   To unblock a user click on the Unblock User link next to their name in the User Block Settings tab.

Currently, OneRecovery.com does not support mobile or handheld devices. However, it’s in the works! We’ll let users know when this functionality is complete!

Your photo must be a JPG, JPEG, GIF, PNG and be 500 KB or less. If you have trouble, contact support@onerecovery.com or visit the Technical Support Forum.

Currently, Mac users are unable to use the video feature on individual and Group Chat. However, you’re able to hear audio when chatting!

For the best experience users should have basic Internet browsing skills and an Internet connection of 56K or better. Currently supported browsers are Firefox 3.0 or Internet Explorer 7.0 or later.   Please note for all site features to work correctly, JavaScript must be turned on and the latest version of Flash installed.

To deactivate your account please login, then from the My Profile page select Settings, on the bottom right hand corner click the Deactivate Profile link.  This will remove your profile from the live site.

To reactivate your account, login in using the same email address and password and fill out the forms to activate your account.