Tour of the Site

How to Use The Second Road

Sign Up

Create a username and password.
Please remember to check and agree to the Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and Code of Conduct boxes.
You will be redirected to your 'my page.'
Also, please 'tag' yourself with as much information as you are comfortable with--this lets others find you to connect with. You never know if you might be making someone's life easier to see that they're not alone.

my page

Here you can start developing your personal profile.
The edit buttons will allow you to add information and delete information as you see fit.
You may also make information 'private' or 'public' by selecting either preference within the 'edit' option of that category.
At any time, you may 'view my public page' (located under the navigation bar) so that you may see what is currently being shown to the public.

Upload a Photo

Add an image to represent yourself on the site by using the 'edit photo' option. You may change this at any time.
Add information to your page about yourself under the different categories:

my story

Describe your experience, strength and hope or anything you want members to know about yourself.

gratitude list

Whatever you are grateful for! We recommend writing a new one every day--As author, Dr. Ron B. suggested, "Gratitude is the streetcar to a better attitude."

groups

Create a group by using the 'edit' option next to groups. You may invite anyone to join. You are automatically a member of 'The Rest Stop' community group. you may edit your groups, delete yourself from them and so on under the 'edit' option. You may also access the 'groups' page through the 'community' tab in the navigation bar at the top of the page.

journal

Keep track of your personal events, vent about anything or just free write! You may select these entries to be 'private' or 'public' within the 'edit' option.

posts

You may add posts to the Sharing Wall through the 'add/edit' option or through the home-page link 'the sharing wall' and then choosing the 'add a post' option. You may edit these thoughts. You may also save others' 'sharing wall' posts to your own page. See below.

the sharing wall

Here members share their thoughts with the public. You may add a post, and select whether or not you would like to be anonymous.

save/report

You may also 'save' posts to your own 'my page' by selecting the 'save' option within the post you like. If you find a post to be inappropriate, select the 'report' option within that particular post, state your reason and then send it off to us. See Code of Conduct for more info.

Daily Feature

Each day a new blog will be added to the to the sidebar from one of the seven defining links of the site:

Building the Road

Our site creators speak about life, recovery, and web development, we would like to keep people up to date with the organizations' development, our mission and who we are as people.

Show & Tell

Any poem, art, music, video or image members want to post to a 'wall' on the site to let The Second Road community know a little more about you.

Recovery Videos

Our latest produced posted video stories.

On the Road

Hot topics for the recovery community - give us your thoughts and opinions on the subject.

Mind, Body, Spirit

A place for folks to talk about their interpretation of each of the three or how they come together. Also, Martha Woodroof's blog, 'Twelve Steps to a Real Life and a Pretty Good Time.'

Experts Exchange

Professionals from all fields speak about life after treatment, learning life skills, being young and clean, their own recovery and finding meaning in life once they have stopped using.

Roadside Attractions

Book, movie, music, reviews and discussion, also find how to buy related books etc. from Amazon.com.

Make a donation

In order for us to maintain the site, grow our community and add cool new features, we depend on the support of people like you. We encourage contributions to the site so that ‘people helping people’ will continue on in perpetuity. If you make a donation of $25 or more, you may obtain a place on our 'map.'

Our Sponsors

If you make a donation to The Second Road, you may 'own your place on the map!' This is also a page for us to humbly thank our generous and supportive donors - let them know how much their support means to all of us by joining the site and sending them a message.

Supporters

These are organizations that have supported us in finding resources, sharing information and research, and opening their doors for us to film their constituents.

Resources

Various organizations to help out if you're in crisis and give support and/or resources.