Julius93

Hi..

Was hoping to find a nice site with a chatroom... about stopping drinking, addictions..
Anyway i join here, join the chat, thrown out after a few minutes and it says : you're banned? Try to reply to the welcome pm, but get 'you can't send pm's until you have atleast 5 posts'?
I'm not sure why i cant chat, as nothing i can find indicates its about the nr of posts? Anyone can clear this up for me?

Also am nearly 21, new to sobriety/moderation
Also recently heard that ive got hiv & leukemia
Admitted to the hospital for this last week...
So mostly looking for support right now i guess since i cant get to alcohol in the hospital anyway! Any questions just ask!

Elodie

I'm new here too, joined the other day, but Welcome!

PurpleKnight

It's not that your banned, there's just a restriction on private messages between members until you've had 5 Forum posts!!

Thepatman

So that's one post keep going!

Welcome to SR! Sorry to hear about your medical issues. One thing is sure, if you can obtain sobriety it will improve your quality of life in all aspects.

Julius93

thanks! but the chat let me in then kicked me of after a few minutes and now every time i try to enter chat it says im banned!
Do i need 5 posts to enter chat as well? I suppose ill just test that idea then

Julius93

Nope! still banned.. sigh... was hoping for some real time support but i guess its not going to happen today

PurpleKnight

Where you in the chat previously??

Julius93

yes.
havent got the chance to say something offensive yet though
didnt get further then saying hi, yes im new, one week now
soo... pretty sure i didnt say something offensive..

Thepatman

Make sure you read the rules, unless you broke rules I don't see why you would be banned.

PurpleKnight

So something must have happened then??

Julius93

But i was there for like 5 minutes and as mentioned above... didn't get to say anything else besides admitting that im new to this and hi...Well ive replied to the intro pm.. hope anyone can help...

least

Welcome to the SR family.

Thepatman

Don't worry, you can now PM our moderator Dee74 since you have 5 posts.

He will explain why this occurred.

PurpleKnight

Maybe it's a glitch!!

Dee74

Hi Julius - I sent you a PM

A honest mistake was made. None of us are super heroes

while we work to rectify the situation, please feel free to use our forum for support

And welcome!

D

Julius93

Thanks!

Hevyn

It's great to meet you Julius - you found a wonderful place for encouragement.

Hawkeye13

Hi Julius and welcome;

I really like your beautiful elephant Avatar

Julius93

Thanks! I like the avatar too. Don't have the artistic abilities to make something like that myself though... So nicked it of the www when i saw it

sthlondonab

Welcome to SR!