We need a "like" button! A big "thumbs up" button! Such great advice and info here:)

[Sweetness91]

As my title says...we seriously need a "like/thumbs up/high five" button here on MH! There are so many who give helpful tips and wonderful ideas and advice here, and I think those folks who give that great advice (such as Gnarly, Weaver, Nursegirl, both Vicki's, Domino, and Ibkleen and many, MANY others...if I left you out, I apologize, it's not because you're not great too..there's just so many here that it's hard to list them all!)should be able to get a thumbs up or high five without having to actually type in "hey that was awesome advice"! I'm a lurker, and it's not often that I have the few minutes it takes to respond and say what a great job everyone is doing, but I want everyone to get credit where credit is due! If I could tap a button and give that special someone the credit they deserve...well...that would just be supertastic!!  Whaddaya think???

And if we never get that option, I want everyone here to know that I think you're all the most wonderful & loving souls I've ever had the pleasure to come across! Keep rockin' it MH Friends!!! I love you all to the moon and back :):)

[VICourageous]

How Sweet YOU are Girl..You are right up here with us too! I know you do not come on as much, but I still know you are around somewhere. I love you and I am so glad to have meet you almost 2 years ago..Take good care my Dear!

Bless U Always!
Vickie

PS I have been just coming and going lately too..SO I just caught this..lol

[Sweetness91]

Awww...you are not a rambling nut!! You speak the truth! Truth and real feelings are never wrong :) And dammit, my post got moved to another forum and from my phone it's harder to find. If you comment, and I don't, it's not because I don't care, it's because I couldn't find it!! Grrr! Can y'all put it back where it was? Please and thank you??

[beatbutnotbroken]

So am I a rambling nut!? I post raw feelings because I am at my worst. Im not one to just do this upclose in perzon so Ive used this website to let go and just ramble on how I feel. And then look for those who can and have given me some of my best support. Then j look back at my earlier posts and wonder am I that rambling idiot? I get lost in my own thohghts and they are new to me, I try to speak them but writing them helps to release some tension. I do apologize for my rambblings if thats what I do.....I have been strong thru my reslove from a 5 year methadone maintenance,and 3years to opiates before that. There was not more than 24 hrz where I missjed w/o opiates. This new me and the things in my head are me at my weakest something in my 35 years of life that scares me to death because I thought I was always in control. Geez whatis wrong I just need someone outside of who does not know me personally to say hey you we got this and quit feeling sry firyourself.  I do apologize I donot mean ill will I just am at a breaking point in my recovery and will do what I need to be the man I am supposed to be and survive this battle im in.truth is truth and my ramblings are true......22days clean.....and it helps to hear your success stories and hope I will be to.  You guys are awesome and are getting it, living free in sobriety. Either way I will always be truthful here with my feelings until I get it. Plz dont take personally im just trying to find the new me and struggling. I applaud you and what everyone else has accomplished.

[Claire_MHModerator]

Sweetness91, your idea's a great one, and it may be implemented in future site updates.  Normally, we'd move a post like this to our Suggestions forum (http://www.medhelp.org/forums/Improve-MedHelp-Suggestions/show/110), but I wanted to make sure the members in this forum saw your comments about them.  If you ever have any other suggestions that you think would improve MedHelp, please be sure to let us know.

In the meantime, Weaver seems to have found a good method for liking posts. :)

-- Claire

[Sweetness91]

Yes I am Weaver! And I plan to keep on doing it :) All in a days work right??
Thank you for the kind words everyone. :):)

[dominosarah]

Ramblings of a nut!!!  Love it!!

[Yesidid]

The funny thing is that I was just thinking something similar. I can never post after Weaver because it's like - how can I add to that?! So I was thinking of just keeping the phrase "Yeah, what Weaver said" on my clipboard and pasting it under each one of his posts :-) But seriously, on the internet it Is important for people who are seeking information to be able to distinguish between good advice and the ramblings of a nut.  They do this by using multiple sources and the ratings feature on some sites.  Great idea!

[weaver71]

I know my dog likes me, because even if she runs off, she keeps coming back. The most valuable thing a person can give to another is their time. Each time a person takes something I said and makes it their own, it feels great. Keep being you and sharing your truths with others, the time you spend doing that is the biggest thanks you could offer. Paying it forward, not being the source of truth, but the witness of it. THis was a very nice post, I could feel your cup running over as I read it. That in itself is awesome. You are really great, knowing what to do it one thing, but YOU did it and still are.
"LIKE"---click!

[Sweetness91]

Domino, you're one of the best! Straightforward...honest...and real! You tell it like it is..not many have the guts to do that. But you do! I may not have always liked the answers I got from you, but they were always true and correct. Dammmm you're like my other mother. Lol.  Your advice comes from experience and from the heart.  You have a place here. Like a "chosen one". I can only hope and pray that you continue to help others as much as you've helped me!!! You are one of those "to the moon and back"!

[dominosarah]

What a great post!!

[Sweetness91]

Lol chasingfreedom! I don't want the likes...I want the folks who deserve them to get them! But I appreciate the sentiment :)

And Gnarly.......OHHHHHGnarly! You're such a wealth of advice, information.....and support! In my opinion, support,well it's the most important thing for sobriety. Without support, you have nothing. As bad as it sounds, and as sad as it seems, I think support is the BIGGEST  key. Whether it comes from your significant other, your sponsor(at the end of the day, my sponsor was my lifesaver) your best friend, sister, brother or another, your support is the one who keeps you sane at the moment you're about to break. The one who makes you realize that you can lose everything in one swift, impulsive and thoughtless action. You see...we have a great group here. It's one that keeps you where you need to be. On track. As much as I'd like her to be, my sponsor isn't available 24/7...she has a life too. But I know, that in one of those hour "25" moments, if my sponsor isn't there, all of you are!! And it's something I fall back on, I know in my heart that if I'm ever in need of a helping hand I can come here...where it all started for me, and when I lay my head down at night, everything is ok.

I really wish we could all meet someday. Just to shake hands, give a big hug and kiss on the cheek. Dammit, that would be awesome!!! :):)

[gnarly_1]

Hey Girl good to see you great to see you clean as for your idea I think it rocks I will let the mod's know the do modify the soft where from time to time  thanks for including me in your list and yes we do have a lot of regulars and some new bees that are good also.. I have been on her for 5 years and see a lot come and go ask any of the people on that list about aftercare it is what makes it possible to stay clean.....................................Gnarly...........................................

[ChasingFreedom]

If we had one of those buttons I would LIKE your post.  ;)