Tuesday 23 September 2014

Running an Alcohol Recovery Blog - How to Do It

An alcohol recovery blog is a way for you to list your thoughts and empower yourself and others to beat your demons and move on with your life. Starting a blog is often the hardest part. You have to take those first bold steps if you are going to start the recovery process. It is not difficult to do, and you do not need any prior technical knowledge.

So with that in mind, let uslook at how you can begin sharing your own dose of alcohol rehab in a safe and secure online environment.

1. Start a Blog

Use a prominent platform like Blogger or WordPress to start your blog. They both have many free templates available for you to get started. You do not need a great degree of technical knowledge to get started with it. All you need is the ability to read a few guides and you are already good to go.

2. Post Consistently
Running a blog is about having a certain amount of discipline. Establish a posting schedule and stick to it. It does not have to be every other day. You define how often you want to post about your experiences. It can be as sparingly as once every two weeks. You know best how long it is going to take you to write a high-quality blog.

3. Honest Not Fancy

You are not writing a novel that you are about to send away to an agent. The beauty of writing about drug rehab is the focus is entirely on rehabilitation itself. It is not about coming up with lots of metaphors and similes. You are there to call upon a certain degree of honesty. Speak about whatever is on your mind, even if you feel like it is silly.

Your audience wants to get to know the real you.

4. The Goal


The goal here is not to market yourself and make money from your blog. It’s a cathartic experience designed to help you through the recovery process. Do not fret over things like traffic numbers. It can take months to build a following. Never let yourself get disheartened because other blogs are more popular than yours are.

Before you start writing your first blog, write down your primary goal. An alcohol recovery blog should be there to help you ultimately overcome your addiction. You do not have to worry about how well your advertisements are doing.

5. Engage

If you do decide to allow people to comment on your experience of rehab clinics, make sure you are strong enough to put up with potentially negative feedback. If you believe that you are not capable of dealing with this, turn the comments off. Most blogging platforms have an option where you can choose to disable comments from other people.

Do not limit your engagement to your blog. Visit chat rooms and alcohol and drug addiction boards. Speak about your blog there and promote yourself casually. You may just make some brand new friends simply from speaking to others about your experiences and your desire to use the online arena as your personal diary.

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