A LifeRing Keeper: Lessons Learned After 7 Months of Sobriety

Below is a recent post to one of LifeRing’s email groups, written by a member expressing her great pleasure at reaching 7 months of continuous sobriety. It contains much wisdom that I wanted to share. It speaks both to those new to recovery and to veterans. — Craig Whalley Hello all.  Altho I don’t post…

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Drunk Drivers Not the Only Danger on the Nation’s Highways

We all know about the dangers of drunk driving, and about the draconian penalties imposed on drivers who test above a certain level for the presence of alcohol in their blood. The level considered “impaired” has dropped considerably over the years and may drop again to a level that catches even relatively small amounts of…

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A Round or Two with Mike Tyson

More than a few recovering alcoholics/addicts, myself included, have compared their time in active addiction to getting into the ring with “Iron” Mike Tyson, and for good reason. The former undisputed heavyweight boxing champion of the world (1987 – 1990) was widely known during his heyday for crushing his opponents, sometimes in as little as…

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A LifeRing Keeper: Getting and Staying Sober

This was posted recently on a LifeRing Email group by a longtime member: In a nutshell, my sobriety support group is LifeRing Secular Recovery. — the bottom line is to not drink or otherwise use- no matter what — we believe we have all the power over our addiction as long as we do not…

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