Posts by Bees
Winter Holiday Gatherings
LifeRing Open Door Invitation Winter Holiday Gatherings — online open door — Zoom Link ● Meeting ID: 985 2395 6359 ● Passcode: lifering Friday, December 24th from 8:00pm to 2:00am ● Saturday, December 25th from 5:00pm to 2:00amFriday, December 31st from 8:00pm to 2:00am ● Saturday, January 1st from 5:00pm to 2:00am — All meetings…
Read MoreRecovery Needs Community
So, the opposite of addiction is not sobriety. The opposite of addiction is human connection. – Johann Hari I attended my first Lifering meeting almost 2 years ago, just before the global pandemic sent so many of us into isolation. Having spent 25 years in active addiction, I was no stranger to isolation.…
Read MoreFor recovery to work, people need choice.
“ My IOP program is still heavily NA/AA formatted. They ask me every week if I have a sponsor. I tell them LifeRing doesn’t do official sponsors, but I have accountability peers in 3 different groups there! ” – Ashley, 155 days sober Ashley has recently joined the LifeRing Community. Like many others in programs requiring…
Read MoreGive the Gift of Hope
Let me introduce you to my family. They’ve been with me since I first stumbled over the front steps and crawled up to my room at 15 through the day I told them I was quitting some 35 years later. The shock on their faces was almost the same both times. “What can this be?…
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