Posts by The Chief

The LifeRing Service Center will be closed from June 18th to the 22nd. Robert Stump, our Executive Director and office manager will be taking a well-deserved vacation. Efforts will continue to answer emails and return phone messages, but there could be delays.

The LifeRing Board of Directors met last night, June 10, and adopted several policies that represent change and forward movement. In summary, the motions adopted – all unanimously – were as follows: — A committee structure to bring a more systematic approach to efforts for growth and efficiency; — A Terms of Use policy to…

Qualifications: A person with 6 month sobriety with a desire to convene a meeting of, and interact  with, a delightful, funny, highly entertaining and thoughtfully provocative bunch of former drunks and drug addicts. Time: Meets every Tuesday @ 6:35 pm. Place: Oakland CDRP, Room 5, 969 Broadway, Oakland, CA (Right next to BART, 2nd floor…

An article in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine presents some stark numbers about the costs borne by the U.S. economy due to drinking. The study looked at drinking in the following context: “Excessive alcohol consumption was defined as follows: binge drinking (≥4 drinks per occasion for a woman, and ≥5 drinks per occasion for…