[RyanLanane]

"But with that said some of the most successful sites on the web have been created out of a true passion by their creator"

And some of the most successful programs to overcome addictions of all sorts have been made by the people suffering those addictions themselves, such as AA

I don't want to make a program that sells people on overcoming their addictions, rather offer them a 'place' to go 'on the net' 24/7 to discuss them through message boards, chat rooms, etc.. A Place to go after a rough day, if you can't get out to hit a meeting, or if you don't like lifting the 300 pound phone at 2:00 AM.. And it wouldn't be just for gambling addicts, just for coke heads, just for any particular type of addict... It would be for addicts in general of every type.

Question is not only can money be made doing this, but why hasn't this already succeeded... I looked for such sites in the middle of the night many many many times over the years for various addictions I have had .. as was as depression, you name it.. I am yet to fdind a place with the level of activity I would have expected the web to have by now..

That's why the question was posed as it was, I really didn't want to lay all this out there, as it is somthing I am considering giving a shot. However as mentioned this really isn't something that is going to be big in traffic without spending money. You also have a highly targetted group of people at your site where alot of the products on the market in general would be offensive to one or another of them. Which is quite possibly, why it has not been done on the broad spectrum I am mentioning...

Hell, have any of you even seen AA's web site? They are far from streamlining their way on to the web which they should of done by now, as well as NA, and GA, so on ... One centralized location for all of them to discuss all addictions (as most people don't have just one) ... might fly ?

It also could very well be the stupidest damn idea, not just because addicts need people shoving it down their throats they are f'ing idiots who don't know what they are talking about in the BRASHEST way possible for them to get it.. But maybe some things jsut weren't meant for the web?

If this 'sort of thing' was however meant for the web, meaning by that that all businesses will eventually have heavy internet dependance and utilization .. I do see some advances in many other fields that are entirely untapped and are multi billion dollar businesses.

Just the rambling thoughts of someone who has screwed up alot in their life the last couple weeks though and may not be thinking 100% clearly right now...