Posts by The Chief

LifeRing member Charles D. has written the following review of The Guru Papers: Masks of Authoritarian Power by Joel Kramer and Diana Alstad. It’s an older book — 1993 — but still very relevant and available as both a paperback and an e-book. Here’s Charles’s review: In the book Empowering Your Sober Self, Martin Nicholas,…

A recent message in a LifeRing email group included this comment: “40 years of smoking pot and 10 years of drinking heavy have probably scrambled my marbles…..eeeesh…..unhealthy coping skills and unhealthy ways of reacting to sadness have not helped.” That comment drew this response: That’s exactly the sort of thing that the whole recovery process…

LifeRing has added its first meeting in Denmark, with the start of weekly Sunday gatherings in Copenhagen. The meetings, convened by Pernille F., who has been a long-time member of LifeRing’s online community, began on Nov. 18th. They will be held every Sunday at noon at: Settlementet Dybbølsgade 41, 2 København V      …

Kathleen Gargan, former LifeRing Executive Director and current board member, is on an extended visit to Paris, France, and will be hosting a weekly information table/informal LifeRing meeting in a Starbucks in that city starting Sunday, Nov. 25, at 10:30 a.m. and continuing through the end of December. She writes: “I’m ready set up a…