A guiding purpose of our research is to find ways to navigate online support that offer clear roads to recovery, so that people can make this journey with greater ease.  Networks Enhancing Addiction Recovery - Forum Activity Roadmap (NEAR-FAR) is a public resource for people interested in choosing and using online support forums (e.g., chat rooms, social media) in addiction recovery. This resource is also appropriate for clinicians and researchers who work with addiction recovery populations. NEAR-FAR will continue to develop with feedback from online community members and addiction treatment providers. We ultimately hope to provide useful tools that support the most effective and beneficial uses of online recovery resources.

Recovery Topics

What is recovery, how do people identify with it, and what is the role of online support? 

Rules of the Road

Basic guidelines for navigating online forums.

Forum Dashboard

A sortable listing of addiction recovery forums and their features.