CosmiKitten Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Hi everyone, I'm thinking of trying to start up a support group in Boston and I was wondering if anyone would be interested in helping me do so, whether you live around here and would like to participate, or even if you live elsewhere and just have some ideas to help me make it happen. I guess to start out it would be just a discussion group, like AA without the 12 steps, but be similar in that there is anonymity and no cross talk, with the focus our our stories and struggles with stimulants, the quitting experience, and how we have tried to manage our lives and ADD symptoms without uppers. Boston is home to some of the most prestigious colleges: Harvard University, Boston university, Boston college, gifts university, etc etc. I once read that stimulant medication is used in the northeast US more than anywhere else. Top it off with the fact that we are home to some of the biggest biotech companies including Shire, the makers of Adderall, adderall generics, Vyvanese, and Daytrana, I'm not worried about finding people who want to join up. It probably wouldn't take more than a bulliten board post at a college or two, i imagine. So anyone willing to help in any way, id appreciate it, it's a big project that I'd like to take on, but I don't think I can do it alone :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 I think this is an awesome idea. If we can get more people willing to meet up in different cities, I'll create a section on the main site for cities where people have voiced interest in meeting up. I'll throw Atlanta into the pot, since that's where I am. Anybody near Atlanta that wants to get together, post a thread or PM me. I am totally down. I'm planning a site redesign in March. I think it makes sense for there to be some focus on arranging support meetups IRL. It doesn't even have to be a big group. Finding even one kindred spirit can do a lot of good. Anything you want me to do on the site to help, CosmiKitten, let me know. I think for starters I'm going to create a forum just for people to declare where they are located... EDIT: Done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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