Posts by Bees

Tough love can be deadly to a person in recovery. Maia Szalavitz is a contributing NYT Opinion writer and the author, most recently, of “Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction. Following are experts ftom an article first appearing in the New York Times | June 8, 2022, online…

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Would you like to help a newcomer to LifeRing find support and involvement? LifeRing receives about 250 requests a year for an ePal — a LifeRing member who can provide one-to-one support and information to a newcomer via email. This is NOT any sort of “sponsor.” Instead, the ePal provides information about the nature of…

  Mary Shortell is a longtime LifeRinger and a regular participant in a number of LifeRing eGroups.  This post first appeared on LSRsafe – July 3, 2022     Most years, I reflect on my own personal meaning of Independence Day. I finally made my Declaration of Independence from the tyranny of alcohol, and I…