When trying to send an email to recover my password I am not receiving the email. I have multiple other friends reporting the same thing as well.
Multiple other friends or "friends". Are you sure your accounts - sorry, friends - haven't been hacked and had their email address changed? I suppose maybe there could be issue with the recent ddos attacks that's stopping the mails getting through. Also, some email providers automatically filter out mails from bitcointalk. I remember I didn't get them at all on one provider and on another they went straight into my junk folder so double check there.