February 2022 Community Wrap ⭐️

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Welcome to our end of month wrap 🙂 

As we approach the end of February, let's take a moment together to celebrate the wins, trending discussions and members of the community that made this space so supportive this last month. 

#️⃣ Trending topics:

• Any positive stories out there? (Lived Experience Forum)
• It's the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Grad and SANE is celebrating all things LGBTQIA+ (Lived Experience Forum)
• Everything Music (Lived Experience Forum)
• Trying to stay sane (Friends, Family and Carers Forum)
• How do I negotiate this? (Friends, Family and Carers Forum)
• Caring for someone with an eating disorder (Friends, Family and Carers Forum)

👏 ✨ Celebrate a member: 🎉

@Bow For sharing your story with the community part of the Caring for someone with an eating disorder discussion. Thank you for helping to lead this discussion, and for openly sharing your thoughts and experiences to support others

@MJH For courageously reaching out for support and chatting with the Friends, Family and Carers Forum about supporting your husband. We hope that you have found this is a supportive space 🙂

@Eyad We were celebrating alongside you the conversation you had with your wife about how you were feeling. Thank you for checking back in to let us know how that conversation went 👏

@Former-Member For starting the positive stories discussion, and giving our community a space to celebrate each other. Well done! ⭐

@Jynx for your brilliant contributions as our guest on the topic of ADHD- we have all learnt so much from you! Thank you for sharing your experience so openly, and creating a space for us to keep connecting Wait what did I come into this thread for again? Oh yeah, ADHD! 🎉

@CrazyChick for the incredible peer support you have been offering across the forums in your first month as a Community Guide! 👏

@HenryX for supporting our new members to navigate the forums! New Members - A few tips {Please keep this thread for tips and questions} 🌟

🗓 SANE events to take part in next month:

You can check out the breakdown of events and discussions in March here: What's happening on the forums in March 2022 🗓  

🔦 Spotlight on:

This month we held two Topic Tuesday on the SANE Forums. On the 8th of February we spoke about Safer Internet Day and the ways that we can create, safe, kind and respectful online communication. Topic Tuesday // Let's Chat: Safer Internet Day // Tues 8th February, 7:00-8:30PM AEDT 

We also spoke to @Jynx about all things ADHD! Topic Tuesday // ADHD // Tuesday 22nd February, 7:00- 8:30PM AEDT. If you haven't had a read through already, we would highly recommend this as an amazing resource to better understand ADHD for yourself or for a lived one!

🎊 SANE news:

Welcome to our new Community Guides! This month we welcomed new Community Guides @Aniela @Boo13 @CrazyChick @Eve7 @maddison and @pinklollipop15 🙂 We are so excited to work alongside you and see you grow and flourish in the role. This brings our Community Guide Program to 21 people! Please join me in welcoming our new guides- I am sure you will see them around the forums soon ⭐ 

🌸 Quote of the month: 

"To me, recovery is not a place. It is not something to achieve 'one day'. Recovery is the journey. And to go on that journey you gotta do exactly what you are currently doing - keep on putting one foot in front of the other. You may have stumbled many times, but as many times as you have, you have also gotten back up again. Keep going" - @Jynx 

“Recovery is really hard. We relapse. We will be resistant and even deny there is a problem. Recovery is not linear. Still love us. Remind us why we want recovery. That change is possible. That help is available. And when we fail, remind us that there is always tomorrow.”- Bow