Community
Connection challenges isolation. A recovery community also carries real risks — so GAREP's will open only when it can be kept safe.
The community is not open yet
There are no accounts, posts, or members on GAREP today. We won't show activity that doesn't exist. Direct messages between strangers will not be part of the first release.
What's planned
- Pseudonymous accounts
- No real names required, and no public profiles by default.
- Topic-based groups
- For specific substances, behaviors, families, and stages of recovery.
- Moderated discussions
- Every space actively moderated by people.
- Supportive replies
- Designed to encourage encouragement, not debate.
- Private account controls
- You decide what is visible, and you can export or delete your data.
Required before it opens
Every one of these must be in place. None is yet.
- Trained human moderators and a review queue — not yet in place
- Reporting and blocking for every post and member — not yet in place
- A crisis escalation procedure for posts about suicide, self-harm, or overdose — not yet in place
- Policies against medical misinformation and dangerous advice — not yet in place
- Policies against harassment, coercion, predatory contact, and selling or soliciting — not yet in place
- An age policy and safeguards for minors — not yet in place
- A privacy impact review — not yet in place
- Clear data retention, export, and deletion rules — not yet in place
Read the community guidelines drafted in advance. In the meantime, established peer-support groups meet in person, online, and by phone — find one here.