Such a valid point; success should not be measured only in dollars. I began explaining the basics of the Fediverse with some of my friends and the first question they asked was, “How do people even make money on there then?” It’s a bit disheartening to see how money-driven things are for some people.
It’s strange, I downloaded a gif to my photo and selected it as an image for a Memmy post. The post worked and was upvoted so others must see it. But the actual gif is not visible on Memmy. The gif does play on a mobile browser though.
I want to try posting a direct link to a gif and see what it looks like. Can you see the gif below?
It must be a limitation of Memmy then. Or at least I don’t know how others are getting it to work. Sorry I don’t know. The gif plays on my mobile browser just fine but just shows a box on Memmy.
My brother’s been in and out of jail and rehab for years. Meth and opioids. We’re not close, but he was a great kid annoying younger brother before I went to college. Then he started drugs and kept doing them into his 30s....
That instability can be really stressful. I can relate so much when you said you were proud and hopeful for him, and then something happens. That anxiety of praying nothing goes wrong because it’s happened too many times. I’m so glad he is in a good facility though; that is not always possible for people.
It sounds like you are already starting this but I highly encourage you to do frequent therapy sessions. That stress can really weigh on a person. Even being around those situations can cause secondary trauma that need support to process.
Do what is best for your situation, but I think having a more direct relationship is better. From the experience with my mom, the filtering is usually only in her best interest, not mine. You and your sibling are allowed to have your own adult relationship.
I think your post card idea is so cool. Keep us updated on how it goes. Keep your good supports close. And take time off or drop responsibilities as you need to. I learned the hard way that those heavy life stressors require a lot of extra time throughout the day, and keeping responsibilities to a minimum helps.
I hope he gets to that point soon. He is fortunate to have you in his life. That normalcy of talking to someone close can be a huge difference.
Personally I would not set up an email for him unless you ask him first or he asks you. It would be with good intentions, but I think supporting people with addiction includes helping them do their responsibilities, not do it for them, otherwise it can be enabling.
I don’t think it’s selfish at all. But yeah maybe make the suggestion and let him decide, or ask him if it’s okay for you to update them about his situation.
So far it seems that the admins will make posts when they’re considering new ones. I think the need for committed moderators may be the challenge for adding new ones. You could always find a community on a different Lemmy instance or create a community on an instance that has that enabled.
An online support group for people to share experiences and resources, and give support to one another through the many challenges of having a friend/family member struggling with addiction....
An online support group for people to share experiences and resources, and give support to one another through the many challenges of having a friend/family member struggling with addiction....
An online support group for people to share experiences and resources, and give support to one another through the many challenges of having a friend/family member struggling with addiction....
Thank you. It’s not a common acronym; I just didn’t see a way I wanted to shorten it haha.
Outside of this post with the link, people that search “addiction” would probably see the community. I posted essentially this same post in other instances’ chat communities, and made sure this new community was discoverable by lemmy.world, beehaw.org, vlemmy.net, lemmy.one, and kbin.social. I also asked that the mental health community lists this as a “related community.”
Hi everyone, my name is loopy and I created this lemmy community to make a space for people to share and support each other through the challenges of having a friend or family member struggling with addiction. As the sidebar says, this is not to replace therapy; think of it like an online support group....
Wow, that’s a tough hand to be dealt; I’m really sorry about your cousin. I’m glad you could be there for him in those ways. Many people have little or no support.
And you hit a couple of really good points with giving freedom without enabling. That’s wayyyy more easier said than done and takes constant awareness. And not feeling responsible for their actions. I’m glad that you were able to take your experience from your friend and apply that, because that becomes a whole rabbit hole of “well if I had just done something different.”
I’m getting the same error for every upload whether it’s for a sub icon or a post. the error reads “SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unexpected character at line 1 column 1 of the JSON data.” I have tried using a 1024x1024 like another post suggested but that doesn’t work either.
I created a community on vLemmy maybe a couple of days ago on a mobile browser, so it was working at that time. It seems like the last 24 hours or so have been pretty sluggish on a few different instances.m, maybe from the spike in users.
I don’t watch porn that frequently these days but when I do want some, I like lesbian stuff typically. Nothing hotter than some girl on girl action. Can never get enough of two pussies grinding up against each other....
Stop Trying to Make Social Networks Succeed [Opinion] (web.archive.org)
How to post gif ?
Sometime, I can see gif on my feed, does anyone know how to archive that ? When I try to upload one, it show me a error message !
the importance of postcards (my brother is back in rehab)
My brother’s been in and out of jail and rehab for years. Meth and opioids. We’re not close, but he was a great kid annoying younger brother before I went to college. Then he started drugs and kept doing them into his 30s....
WTF is this! Meta new app (lemmy.world)
I got diagnosed with a condition in which I can’t stop making airport puns
doctors say it’s terminal
Is there a place to submit new community ideas?
I’d love to see a dedicated photography community. not for posting photos but like camera gear, questions, news about photography etc....
What room has no walls? (i.imgur.com)
(a mushroom!)
I am thinking of moving to Switzerland
The social benefits are great and I heard the flag is a big plus
New community: Family and Friends of Persons with Addiction (fafopwa)
An online support group for people to share experiences and resources, and give support to one another through the many challenges of having a friend/family member struggling with addiction....
new community: Family and Friends of Persons with Addiction (fafopwa)
An online support group for people to share experiences and resources, and give support to one another through the many challenges of having a friend/family member struggling with addiction....
Family and Friends of Persons with Addiction (fafopwa)
An online support group for people to share experiences and resources, and give support to one another through the many challenges of having a friend/family member struggling with addiction....
Addiction in my family’s life
Hi everyone, my name is loopy and I created this lemmy community to make a space for people to share and support each other through the challenges of having a friend or family member struggling with addiction. As the sidebar says, this is not to replace therapy; think of it like an online support group....
(2) abstract blue flower (1024x2048) [AI] (vlemmy.net)
created with MidJourney by VorgBardo
abstract blue flowers (1024x2048) [AI] (vlemmy.net)
created with MidJourney by VorgBardo
still having issues with uploading images despite threads saying it's fixed.
I’m getting the same error for every upload whether it’s for a sub icon or a post. the error reads “SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unexpected character at line 1 column 1 of the JSON data.” I have tried using a 1024x1024 like another post suggested but that doesn’t work either.
why cant i create a community?
Do I need to be on a different server?
What sort of pornography do you prefer (or do you not watch any pornography?)
I don’t watch porn that frequently these days but when I do want some, I like lesbian stuff typically. Nothing hotter than some girl on girl action. Can never get enough of two pussies grinding up against each other....
Looking for a lemmy instance
Which lemmy instance should I use if I want to see all of the posts?