system: You are Mike Johnston, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Recovery message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Rich Ward about "FOR YOUR INFO...      2/2".

They wrote:
RW>On (06 Jan 96) Mike Johnston wrote to Tim Dill...
> MJ>    Hi Tim,
> MJ>          As of today I am new on the recovery net here. What I don't
RW>Hello Mike, always glad to see a new person on the echo.  I'm Richard, the
>Moderator, and somewhere below you will find a copy of the Recovery Echo
>Rules.  You'll note that they are FEW and rather easy/simple .....
RW>They are what I use along with common sense to to decide just when to
>end an "out of hand" thread or to remind participants just what is not
>acceptable (based on OUR oast experience with certain subjects).
RW> MJ> understand is that everything we do is involving our recovery. So if
RW> MJ>                                   Keyman
RW>------------------=========================------------------------
>              RECOVERY ECHOMAIL CONFERENCE - FidoNet
>-- Status:
RW>RECOVERY is a moderated conference carried on the FidoNet Backbone.
RW>RECOVERY is an "open forum" type conversational conference for
>the discussion of topics related to addictions and recovery from
>them; also, anouncements of RECOVERY related gatherings
>(conferences, workshops, speaker meetings, etc.) are in order.
RW>[The above paragraph does not really LIMIT the topics SINCE we ALL
>drank or used (or whatever word you choose) over anything and every-
>thing at one time or another.]
RW>RECOVERY is for those involved in the various "12 Step" recovery
>programs, as well as for those WHO ARE not involved in a recovery
>program but WHO HAVE a desire to deal with recovery from THEIR
>additive BEHAVIOR AND ARE INTERESTED IN CONVERSING WITH THOSE WHO
>ARE INVOLVED IN 12 STEP PROGRAMS.  This includes AA, NA, Al-Anon,
>OA, EA, SLAA and many other such 12-step-BASED groups.
RW>-- Rules:
RW>Darned few!  Promotion of "commercial ventures" such as treatment
>facilities or clinics is not in order.  General rules of social
>conduct are always in order.  Repeated "abusive/annoying" messages   *
>may draw comment from the moderator or be brought to the attention   *
>of the Moderator by other conference participants.                   *
RW>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
RW>NOTE:  As RECOVERY is not a part of or affiliated with _ANY_
>recovery program, attempting to impose traditions, membership
>requirments, etc. of any specific program is out of order.
RW>To SysOps:
RW>Please refrain from posting "test" messages in this conference.  The
>additional traffic of tests and the resulting replies is not desirable.
RW>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>**  It is OK to give a [business not another members] address or telephone
>    number in response to a direct request from a co-user of the echo,
>    without further comment (no price listing or list of items etc).
RW> Rich Ward, 1:102/749.7
> Moderator
RW>Just in passing:-  These statements, used to guide SysOps, might well be
>                   mentioned here for all callers to note.
RW>1.) You shall not be excessively ANNOYING.
>2.) You shall not be too easily ANNOYED.
RW>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
RW>... In case of doubt, make it sound convincing. L. Long
RW>--- PPoint 1.92
> * Origin: Steps of DC West! Long Beach, CA (1:102/749.7)

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assistant: Thanks for putting this here for me. I had a problem with this
because of something that I did but did not know how Fido net worked. I
put a message in the 12 steps con. because that is where I thought I was
suppose to go, thinking 12 step program. I was warned about what I was
saying was not in the steps and I didn't understand. I was really
depressed over this because I thought that I was losing the recovery net
that I was in and I enjoyed talking with recovery people.
   It is just a matter of me learning through the mistakes that I make
and then not to take them personally. Thanks again for your time.
                            Mike Johnston
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