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Chat Help

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  • General/Java Problems

    If you have problems chatting, make sure you have a recent version of Opera, FireFox, or Microsoft Internet Explorer or some other browser. You may find that you'll have problems with the older browsers.

    AOL browsers have been known to be problematic with some java - based chat rooms so if you are using an AOL browser to get into the NA Recovery chat room and are having trouble, please close it and open another browser.

    If you get a grey square, with a little red X (Applet not initiated) this is usually caused because you need to use an updated version of Sun Microsystems Java software which you can find here. (Will open a new window in your browser)

    Just click "yes" or "run" or "allow" when you get a security popup when connecting if you want to join us in the NA Recovery Chat Room. 
  • Ensure that you have the latest version of JRE (Java Runtime Environment) and check to see if it is enabled. To do this you can go to "Tools" or your "control panel" and click on "Internet options". Then click on "Advanced" tab. Scroll down to see if you have any java options. If you do, you need to enable it by putting a check mark in the box and then clicking on the "apply" button. You may need to reboot your computer.

    If it still doesn't work, please check your security settings. Go to the "Tools" menu in Internet Explorer, select "Internet Options" and then click on the "Security" tab. Select "Internet Zone" (by default it should be selected) and ensure the slider is at Medium. If you do not see a slider, click Default Level and the slider should appear, change this to medium and click Ok.

    Netscape/Mozilla Troubleshooting

    You will need to ensure you have Java enabled. The standard Netscape software comes with Java included.

    To Enable Java:

    Go to the "Edit" menu and select "Preferences". Select "Advanced" from the list on the left and you will see the menu on the right side of the window change. One of these options will be "Enable Java". Make sure this box is checked (or the button is depressed) and if it is not greyed out, ensure the enable java plugin box is checked as well.
  • Connection Issues

    You must have a 14.4k or faster internet connection for the chat room java applet to load. The chat program is a "java applet" which may take up to two minutes to load (depending on connection speed) so please be patient. If, after this time, it hasn't loaded then click the refresh button on your browser.

    If you are behind a firewall, you may not be able to access the correct port. The Java client tries to connect with the NA Recovery chat server on the standard IRC port, 6667. To correct this problem, you should contact your system administrator.

    If you are not behind a firewall, your connection could just be experiencing problems with internet traffic (This is very common for AOL users) The NA Recovery chat room server could be experiencing problems also. Wait a few minutes and try again.
    Other Hints


    The usual cause of many problems is that you might have a corrupted file in your browser's cache. So, the first thing you should do is clear your browser's cache (cleaning temporary files on your computer) then check to see if Active X controls are corrupt by going to "Temporary files", "Settings", "View Objects" - If they are corrupt an "x" will be on the application icon. If so, right click the icon and select Update.

    After clearing your cache, you need to quit and restart your browser. If you don't quit (close) the browser, your cache will not be completely cleared out. Open your browser and go back to the NA Recovery chat room.

    If you've tried all of these tips and it still does not fix the problem, write to us at: inbox@narecoverychat.org with a bug report noting all the details. Make sure you tell us what operating system and browser you are using and what error message or problem you are experiencing.
  • Basic IRC Commands

    AddictionTo change the color of the text you are using, double click on a color.

    Addiction To change your nickname: /nick newnick (insert nick you'd like to be known as in place of "newnick")

    Addiction Registering your nickname with irc.ircstorm.net Type:/msg nickserv register password email

    -- Note: Registering your nickname on the forum is not the same as registering your nickname with the chat room server!! Please use a valid email, and your password must contain at elast 5 characters.

    The password you choose needs to be at least 5 characters and is case sensitive. Simply insert the one you choose into the command in place of the word password. Substitute your actual email address.

    Addiction Identify to NickServ: /msg nickserv identify password

    Each time you come onto the network, you need to use the above command to identify with nickserv. You must be identified to register channels, gain ops, send and receive memos, etc. If you're using mIRC, you can put this command into performs: Go to Tools - Options - Under category find Connect, go to - Options - click Performs. Put checkmark in Enable performs then type the command in the window - example: /msg nickserv identify password - (using your own password you registered with) Then click ok. mIRC will now log you in automatically upon connecting.

    Addiction Protect your nickname: /msg nickserv set kill on

    This option gives you 60 seconds to identify with nickserv before changing your nickname to a a guest nick. Useful in protecting your registered nickname from someone else using it.

    Addiction Set Secure On: /msg nickserv set secure on

    This option turns nickserv's security features on for your nickname. With secure set, you must enter your password before you will be recognized as the owner of the nick, regardless of whether your address is on the access list. However, if you are on the access list, Nickserv will not auto-kill you. To turn this option off, simply type: /msg nickserv set secure off.

    Addiction Set Private on: /msg nickserv set private on

    This command turns nickserv's privacy option on for your nickname. With private set on, your nickname will not appear in the nickname lists generated with nickserv's LIST command. However, anyone who knows your nickname can still get information on it by using the INFO command. To turn this option back off, simply type: /msg nickserv set private off.

    Addiction Hide Email: /msg nickserv set hide email on

    Allows you to keep your email address from appearing to anyone using the INFO command on your nickname. You may allow it to be shown again after using this command by typing: /msg nickserv set hide email off.

    Addiction Kill your own ghost connection

    /msg nickserv ghost nickname password

    Use this command after a disconnection where your other (registered) nickname is still held by services. Once your held nickname has been killed, you may switch to it using: /nick nickname.

    Addiction All NickServ help and information: /msg nickserv help

    This command lists all the available nickserv commands for your use. Simply look through the list, choose the command you need, then type this to see the syntax to us to execute it: /MSG nickserv help commandname

    AddictionActions: You can make an action by typing /me followed by a description of the action - Example: /me looks at his watch

    This will produce a sentence on the channel that starts with your nickname, so if your name is John, it will read like the following:
    *John looks at his watch

    Addiction Join another channel: /join #channelname
    -End: Help File

Other Methods of Connecting:

IRC Client: Click HERE if you have an IRC Client, like mIRC or XCHAT.  This will connect you automatically to our chatroom on IRCStorm.net

From there, join #Help if you have trouble. (Simply type: /join #Help) Or visit out Chat Room Help Page.  
To Connect to our ChatRoom using a preconfigured version of mIRC, Download it HERE 

Special thanks to Free Java Chat.com for providing us with the Free Java Chat Applet so that addicts from around the world can connect with one another at any time.


NA Chatroom Help




Connection Problems

You must have a 14.4k or faster internet connection for the chat room java applet to load. The chat program is a "java applet" which may take up to two minutes to load (depending on connection speed) so please be patient. If, after this time, it hasn't loaded then click the refresh button on your browser.

If you are behind a firewall, you may not be able to access the correct port. The Java client tries to connect with the NA Recovery chat server on the standard IRC port, 6667. To correct this problem, you should contact your system administrator.

If you are not behind a firewall, your connection could just be experiencing problems with internet traffic (This is very common for AOL users) The NA Recovery chat room server could be experiencing problems also. Wait a few minutes and try again.

Other Hints


The usual cause of many problems is that you might have a corrupted file in your browser's cache. So, the first thing you should do is clear your browser's cache (cleaning temporary files on your computer) then check to see if Active X controls are corrupt by going to "Temporary files", "Settings", "View Objects" - If they are corrupt an "x" will be on the application icon. If so, right click the icon and select Update.

After clearing your cache, you need to quit and restart your browser. If you don't quit (close) the browser, your cache will not be completely cleared out. Open your browser and go back to the NA Recovery chat room.

If you've tried all of these tips and it still does not fix the problem, write to us at: inbox@narecoverychat.org with a bug report noting all the details. Make sure you tell us what operating system and browser you are using and what error message or problem you are experiencing.

Basic NA Chat Room Commands Help


AddictionTo change the color of the text you are using, double click on a color.

Addiction To change your nickname: /nick newnick (insert nick you'd like to be known as in place of "newnick")

Addiction Registering your nickname with irc.ircstorm.net Type:/msg nickserv register password email

-- Note: Registering your nickname on the forum is not the same as registering your nickname with the chat room server!! Please use a valid email, and your password must contain at elast 5 characters.

The password you choose needs to be at least 5 characters and is case sensitive. Simply insert the one you choose into the command in place of the word password. Substitute your actual email address.

Addiction Identify to NickServ: /msg nickserv identify password

Each time you come onto the network, you need to use the above command to identify with nickserv. You must be identified to register channels, gain ops, send and receive memos, etc. If you're using mIRC, you can put this command into performs: Go to Tools - Options - Under category find Connect, go to - Options - click Performs. Put checkmark in Enable performs then type the command in the window - example: /msg nickserv identify password - (using your own password you registered with) Then click ok. mIRC will now log you in automatically upon connecting.

Addiction Protect your nickname: /msg nickserv set kill on

This option gives you 60 seconds to identify with nickserv before changing your nickname to a a guest nick. Useful in protecting your registered nickname from someone else using it.

Addiction Set Secure On: /msg nickserv set secure on

This option turns nickserv's security features on for your nickname. With secure set, you must enter your password before you will be recognized as the owner of the nick, regardless of whether your address is on the access list. However, if you are on the access list, Nickserv will not auto-kill you. To turn this option off, simply type: /msg nickserv set secure off.

Addiction Set Private on: /msg nickserv set private on

This command turns nickserv's privacy option on for your nickname. With private set on, your nickname will not appear in the nickname lists generated with nickserv's LIST command. However, anyone who knows your nickname can still get information on it by using the INFO command. To turn this option back off, simply type: /msg nickserv set private off.

Addiction Hide Email: /msg nickserv set hide email on

Allows you to keep your email address from appearing to anyone using the INFO command on your nickname. You may allow it to be shown again after using this command by typing: /msg nickserv set hide email off.

Addiction Kill your own ghost connection

/msg nickserv ghost nickname password

Use this command after a disconnection where your other (registered) nickname is still held by services. Once your held nickname has been killed, you may switch to it using: /nick nickname.

Addiction All NickServ help and information: /msg nickserv help

This command lists all the available nickserv commands for your use. Simply look through the list, choose the command you need, then type this to see the syntax to us to execute it: /MSG nickserv help commandname

AddictionActions: You can make an action by typing /me followed by a description of the action - Example: /me looks at his watch

This will produce a sentence on the channel that starts with your nickname, so if your name is John, it will read like the following:
*John looks at his watch

Addiction Join another channel: /join #channelname
-End: Help File

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About Our Chat Room

Our NA Recovery Chatroom is open 24/7/365. There are usually a few people chatting at just about any hour of the day or night, so feel free to come on in! We also have message boards where addicts can share on a variety of recovery and addiction topics. The basis of our NA recovery program is the 12 Steps of Narcotics Anonymous.

Click HERE to Chat Now. We are located on the IRC Chat Network IRCStorm.Net  There are several ways to join. See the information below for details and help on how to reach the NA Chat Room.

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About Narcotics Anonymous

Development

Narcotics Anonymous sprang from the Alcoholics Anonymous Program of the late 1940s, with meetings first emerging in the Los Angeles area of California, USA, in the early Fifties. The NA program started as a small US movement that has grown into one of the world's oldest and largest organizations of its type.

For many years, NA grew very slowly, spreading from Los Angeles to other major North American cities and Australia in the early 1970s. In 1983, Narcotics Anonymous published its self-titled Basic Text book, which contributed to tremendous growth. Within a few years, groups had formed in Brazil, Colombia, Germany, India, the Irish Republic, Japan, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.

Today, Narcotics Anonymous is well established throughout much of the Americas, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. Newly formed groups and NA communities are now scattered throughout the Indian subcontinent, Africa, East Asia, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe. Narcotics Anonymous books and information pamphlets are currently available in 34 languages, with translations in process for 16 languages.

Program

NA's earliest self-titled pamphlet, known among members as "the White Booklet," describes Narcotics Anonymous this way:

"NA is a nonprofit fellowship or society of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem. We … meet regularly to help each other stay clean. ... We are not interested in what or how much you used ... but only in what you want to do about your problem and how we can help."

Membership is open to all drug addicts, regardless of the particular drug or combination of drugs used. When adapting AA’s First Step, the word “addiction” was substituted for “alcohol,” thus removing drug-specific language and reflecting the “disease concept” of addiction.

There is no social, religious, economic, racial, ethnic, national, gender, or class-status membership restrictions. There are no dues or fees for membership; while most members regularly contribute small sums to help cover the expenses of meetings, such contributions are not mandatory.

Narcotics Anonymous (NA) provides a recovery process and support network inextricably linked together. One of the keys to NA’s success is the therapeutic value of addicts working with other addicts. Members share their successes and challenges in overcoming active addiction and living drug-free productive lives through the application of the principles contained within the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of NA. These principles are the core of the Narcotics Anonymous recovery program. Principles incorporated within the steps include:

  • admitting there is a problem;
  • seeking help;
  • engaging in a thorough self-examination;
  • confidential self-disclosure;
  • making amends for harm done; and
  • helping other drug addicts who want to recover.

Central to the Narcotics Anonymous (NA) program is its emphasis on practicing spiritual principles. Narcotics Anonymous itself is non-religious, and each member is encouraged to cultivate an individual understanding—religious or not—of this “spiritual awakening.”

Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is not affiliated with other organizations, including other twelve step programs, treatment centers, or correctional facilities. As an organization, NA does not employ professional counselors or therapists nor does it provide residential facilities or clinics. Additionally, the fellowship does not provide vocational, legal, financial, psychiatric, or medical services. NA has only one mission: to provide an environment in which addicts can help one another stop using drugs and find a new way to live. 

In Narcotics Anonymous (NA), members are encouraged to comply with complete abstinence from all drugs alcohol. It has been the experience of NA members that complete and continuous abstinence provides the best foundation for recovery and personal growth. NA as a whole has no opinion on outside issues, including prescribed medications. Use of psychiatric medication and other medically indicated drugs prescribed by a physician and taken under medical supervision is not seen as compromising a person’s recovery in NA, but we realize that we must exercise caution as our bodies are unable to discriminate between those drugs prescribed by a doctor and those that we used to obtain on the street.