Who...

[craving tears]

Can you tell me these please? (HA! It rhymed!)

Who owns RYL..
Who thought of RYL..
A little history of it..
And when it was launched?

Cheers!

:P

[claireyfairy]

Harley the almight greatness mde this website and runs it, and dedictes alot of his time to it =]
First it was ruinyourlife.com
Then became recoveryourlife.com
This is the second version of recover, 3rd overall.
This it was made sometime in 2003 but not entirely sure =/
Hope this helps a bit

[august baby]

I think some of this info might be available on the main site section somewhere...

A guy named James Whitwell (approx spelling) I think came up with the idea around 1999-ish and hired Harley in a web design capacity. After James Whitwell died, Harley stepped up and took on the full responsibility of running the site. Harley is now the owner.

The change from RuinYL to RecoverYL happened in 2004.

[*Beth*]

I copied this from the main site:

RecoverYourLife.com - or RYL as its fondly known - Started life back in 1999 very unlike it is today. First conceived by 'The Godthief" - it was a discussion site built around the idea of Self-Destruction, in all its forms. I first started with RYL on the first day - as it was I that was hired to build it.Things started slowly and although not many people came by with the intention of in depth discussion - we soon realised the site was being hit upon by a different sort of person. Our totally free, open and non-judgmental discussion ground became the safe haven for a small pocket of self-harmers who had long searched the internet for somewhere they felt they belonged. It seemed they had found it.

Through time restraints on James Whitwell, aka 'The Godthief' - I was given a loose rein and the creative freedom to steer the site towards being there for more people who needed us. It soon became both a hobby and passion of mine - as I became more and more aware that there was a hole in the internet that many people badly needed to be filled.James Whitwell then tragically died - and the site's future was thrown into the balance - But far from letting it slip - I felt it important to James memory to do him, and the site's ideals proud.The rest they say is history - but through a great deal of hard work, and passionate dedication I have been able to turn our little misfit corner of the internet into what it is today - one of the most thriving, non-judgmental and broad-minded communities on the Internet. I hope you are proud James, God bless.RYL ideals are that no one should be alone in what they go through - while there are no firm answers as to the cause or the cure to Self-Harm - RYL has proved that communication is key to a better sense of wellbeing, and in many, many cases...recovery. RecoverYourLife.com - the new face of RYL, brings with it far more community interaction - giving anyone who needs it the support, companionship, understanding and advice they need, whenever they need it.RecoverYourLife.com is totally free to those who use it - and will stay that way - I am 100% committed to there being something everyone can trust and rely on, a safe and secure environment of support and understanding - available for free, 24/7, every day of the year.

[Harley]

I really need to rewrite that somewhat,

I had to legally defend RYL from the Whitwell family about a year ago when they tried to force control (and me out) of RYL to forward it's profit making capabilities, feeling that my outlook of putting community / support first was a poor choice. From that point on I have 'owned' RYL solely myself. James never updated the site, or planned / wanted it to provide self harm information and support - but to his credit he did accept the direction of the site and was happy to see it help people.

But hey, best to be diplomatic. It is certainly true that without James Whitwell, paying me to build him the original Ruin site, I would not have fallen into this and RYL would almost certainly not exist today. I am very thankful for that.


Harley

[Mimsy]

Thanks Harley, for your time and effort on this site. And for making it the supportive and fantastic place it is today.
Miriam

[Queen Crabbit]

Aye, Cheers Boss!

[richo07]

As an old friend from school I would very much like to know what happened to James Whitwell. Can anyone please tell me? I can't believe he is no longer alive!
Thankyou

[Pi.R^2]

More zombie thread times....
*can't think of anything zombie-like to put in these asterisks*

[Embles]

^ Brains? :P

[effervescence]

I got super excited to see Harley posting, then saw that it was in 2007 :'(

[Sleepless123]

Oh, i got super excited too.Least you werent the only one i guess......

[Freedom Fighter]

Last Activity: 02-09-2011 08:27 AM
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at least the man logs in

[Left Phalange]

Awkward thread.

[Pi.R^2]

Awkward thread.
*rides away on an awkward millipede*

[Dreaming.]

Awkward turtle!

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C554zkKmStY/Tjv9ZKFUz9I/AAAAAAAAADo/0J1khOZLZN0/s1600/awkward+turtle.gif

[Pi.R^2]

behold the awkward millipede:
http://i1213.photobucket.com/albums/cc470/sigaoo/awkwardmillipede.jpg