Posts by The Chief

In an appearance in New Zealand, President Obama’s former deputy drug “czar” Tom McLellan made some interesting points about “recovering” addicts. He was quoted at voxy.co.nz as commenting on the myth that nobody fully recovers from addiction: “The fact is about half the people who get treatment for serious addiction relapse in the first year. That’s…

The first LifeRing meeting in Vermont becomes a reality on Sept. 1, 2011, in St. Johnsbury, in the northeastern part of the State. It’s happening every Thursday at the Center for Well Being, at Eastern Ave. and Railroad Sts. in St. Johnsbury, from noon to 1 p.m.. Look for the blue awning! For more information…

Some of the LifeRing online venues allow members to post relatively long comments and some of these are very well written and informative. What we call “Keepers.” They deserve a wider audience. Here’s a fine recent example from the LSRsafe email group, slightly edited and with names altered: “When I continue to isolate and hide,…

The Monday noon LifeRing meeting in Antioch, CA, is moving to a new location. Starting on Aug. 22nd, it will meet at: Kaiser – Delta Fair Womens Health center meeting room Delta Square Shopping Center 3624 Delta Fair Blvd Antioch, Ca. 94509 And coming soon to Antioch will be a new LifeRing meeting on Thursday…