Hello!

We are a friendly peer support community and welcome you to join! Please help us to grow by telling us about yourself in the "Who's new here?" section of our forums, and by being... well... YOU!

Our main mission is to provide young people and adults a safe place to find resource information and support for life's challenges, such as abuse, chemical dependency, eating disorders, self injury, grieving and loss, loneliness, and other trying issues, so we welcome your suggestions and informational resource contributions! We are only able to continue our work through the cooperation and participation of our members. 

But don't let our daunting mission fool you.  We work through the tough stuff when we have to, but we also have a lot of fun, because that's the stuff of life!  Some of us are musicians, writers, photographers and other creative types.  Some are adults, and some are kids.  Some of us are very much alike, while others march to their own drummer. Our biggest commonality, though, is that together, we're a lot less like a web forum than a family.

We're a "family of friends".  And we became one by welcoming people like you.So, please check here, and on the forums, for periodic important announcements about our community!  More topical categories are coming all the time, so check in often!  As we develop this site, in conjunction with our existing forums, we plan to incorporate more dynamic and interactive functionality to enhance your experience here.  We hope you'll look around, and join us.

As of June 2010, HopeScope Family Online is also proud to be a contributor to Operation Smile, which provides free reconstructive surgery to children worldwide who were born with facial deformities such as cleft lips and palates. Perhaps you'll visit their site and join us in freeing these children from lives of physical and emotional torment.