Adding Sharing Circles - Your Feedback Needed!
Last month, we launched the Sharing Circle, a support session where members can share their thoughts in a turn-baed environment similar to the style of AA meetings (but uniquely tailored to our community). Twice a day, on both adult and teen side, we host these sessions in our Sharing Circle room, they have become a very popular feature of our site.
We would like to add 4 more to our regular rotation, and we'd like to ask for your help with deciding on our next time slots! Please fill out this form with your vote.
Thanks to those of you who have signed up to be hosts! We are actively taking applications for co-hosts and hosts, and in order to launch these extra 4, we will need you, the community's, involvement!
Our goal is to have as many Sharing Circles running as possible, every day, at set times that our members can rely on. We believe having a consistent and accessible place for members to find support can make a huge impact on the number of people we can reach and help to cope and to heal.
We would like the Circles to be your space!
If you would like to take part in making these happen, please apply to be a discussion leader!
@Heather225
Great idea! Sharing circles are great. I appreciate this very much. I think it would be a good idea to make the other sharing circles a good times away from the already two to give users more options in different time zones to attend it. I picked 5pm because it is good time between 12 and 8. It may also be good to have a very late one if possible like midnight or such.
@HopefulSprings
Would love to see late night sc
@Heather225
This is a GREAT idea !! I am a member myself of a group similar to AA , runs online, daily. But not on 7 cups, I've been dying to have this here. So great !
how do I join the group circle share community ? I see they have two times a day for adults, but I can't find the link to join.
Thank you again. This is great.
@diplomaticBeach8952
Hi, there! The sharing circles are open to all members. They happen 12pm and 8pm ET. It is a chat room called the Sharing Circle. It opens on those two things for an hour each. You come into the room at that time and join that way.
@HopefulSprings
Ahhhh okay, so I can't see the room unless its the time for the meeting. okay got it, I'm so excited for this :)
do you join Hope ?
nice to meet you by the way
@diplomaticBeach8952
exactly! And yes, I go to them when I can! :) nice to meet you
@Heather225 - Hi!
The three lines (paragraph) that begins "Our goal is ...." I totally agree with! But for me the circles as have been described and the few I have attended - have NOT fulfilled that goal for me at all (okay maybe like 10-15% - but definitely not enough %). Perhaps if there are several more to choose from - other times and such - perhaps then they wouldn't be so busy and those who want to talk but are further down the list of "in line," maybe they would actually get to talk too. Please give Tuna kisses for me and Tuna's buddy (I totally forgot your 'baby's' name :( could you pet her, head to all down tail? Have a super weekend, H. <>< Platy
@cyanPlatypus6370
I notice that sometimes not everyone gets to share. Theres not always time for everyone to share.
hi every one , i'm new here , i'm algerian , so i don't really know how to speak english
so , i'm here for my friend , i mean , i wanna help him , he is a drog addict , 
i wish i can get help from u , thnx for u 
If there were sharing circles for particular types of struggles people have, I'd be interested in joining. For instance, "life directions" "relationship struggles." Specific types of depression maybe.
@JennaJLUV2020
there is not specific ones however share circles you can share whatever you want.
Ima nightowl I'm up really late toll early morning would love to see some later in the evening.
Sharing circle is pawsome
What are these sharing circles, exactly? It could be what I'm looking for. I'm tired of feeling like a piece of garbage that just pretends to be a human being. By being with other people, online chatting or whatever, I could maybe feel better.
@heather225 some people want sharing circles on different areas. Maybe we could have sharing circle be part of a subcom discussions say on one day a month for any subcom that wanted to participate
@soulsings
could you tell me a little more about this, soul -- like an example? this sounds exactly like something i woud want to see to include more folks.
@Heather225
Well what I was thinking is each subcom that wants to participate as one of their regularly scheduled discussion could make one a sharing circle. That way we could have more sharing circles in an area of a person's interest.
So instead of a title of building self esteem for Fifty Plus, on one day per month could have a Fifty Plus sharing circle. I think I would like to have it on an Open chat night like Monday at 6:30 or Friday at 6 because it gives more structure to open chats.
The discussion leaders would need to be prepped on what to do to have a sharing circle.
So how does that sound ? That would get more sharing circles going.
@heather225