Alcoholism & Addiction

Thank you for expressing an interest in writing about recovery topics and issues in an effort to carry the message. This site is a mock-up, or demo, to give you an idea of what the DrySpace.org sites look like and some information below about how it all works.

What can you write about at DrySpace? Recovery. Other than that, you have few limitations. Your site (blog) is yours to do with as you like. You can make it a personal recovery journal, an in-depth discussion of recovery topics, a study of the steps, a news and issues site, a poetry site, or a combination of all of the above. It's up to you. It's your personal blog!

To make DrySpace more user friendly for readers, the site is organized into main topic sections, such as Alcoholism & Addiction, Friends and Family, and Adult Children of alcoholics and other dysfunctional families. Although your individual site is autonomous, it is also interlinked and networked with all the other sites in your section.

This page is a demo of what the main Alcoholism & Addictions topic section looks like.

The DrySpace system is set up to make publishing your recovery pages as simple as possible. We even have a simple button! To create a new article, you log on to DrySpace, type the headline in one field, type (or copy-paste) the text of your article in another field and then click on Save! That's it. It's that simple.

But we also have an "Expert" button that will allow you do much more with your articles, such as adding bold or italic text and other HTML coding and links. You can also create multiple-page articles and much more, if you are familiar with HTML.

Don't worry if you make a mistake. You can immediately click on the Edit button and make corrections. We are not perfect. :)

When you hit Save! a new page is automatically created on your web site which has it's own permanent link, or permalink. Your article is also published on the front page or index of your site and it is also published on the main index page of the DrySpace section in which your site resides, such as Alcoholism & Addiction, Friends and Family, etc.

For example, this article was posted on "My Recovery Site" but it also appears on the front page of "Alcoholism & Addiction."

When you initially set up your DrySpace site, you get to choose the main title of the site, which will appear as the large headline at the top of all your pages. It also appears as a link on the navigation bar on the right side of your site and every other site in your topic section.

You also choose the tag line that appears in the top upper-right corner of the site. This can be a short description of your site, a slogan, saying or quote. Use your imagination!

You also set up the long description of your site that appears at the top of the right-side navigation bar. This is the welcome message to your readers that explains what they can expect to find on your site. To see where all of these elements go on the page click here.

When you are ready to set up your DrySpace site, fill out this form to get the process started.