Posts by Bees
The Liver Spot Is Growing!
The Liver Spot LifeRing meeting has captured the attention of Stanford,. UCSF, Johns Hopkins and the Mayo Clinic to name a few medical centers equipped to meet the physical disruption and challenges caused by substance use disorder. Doctors and nurses and therapists are referring patients to The Liver Spot and our attendance is growing! The…
Read MoreLifeRing Summer Newsletter
LifeRing Summer 2021 Newsletter Here we are in the full heat of Summer! Lots of awesome things have been happening since the flurries of December. This is an exciting time for LifeRing. We’re adding new meetings, new committees and (at long last) a new LifeRing introductory pamphlet for distribution this month! We held our 2021…
Read MorePride in LifeRing Meetings
We Can Do Better With Diversity and Inclusion in Recovery This Pride Recovery has a diversity and inclusion problem. Throughout the recovery world, we have what seems to be no meetings for the BIPOC population (none that I could find, and I really looked). Recovery is overwhelmingly white and straight from this Queer…
Read MoreJuneteenth
Official Recognition of Juneteenth as a National Holiday Adds Cause to Celebrate As a queer man, I am struck by the significance of Juneteenth. As Pride Month is central to my community–to its shared identity and, well, its sense of pride–so is Juneteenth central to the identity and pride of the Black American community. Knowing…
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