Posts by The Chief

LifeRing’s Annual Meeting was held June 3, 4 and 5 in Oakland, CA., ten years after the organization was formed at its first gathering in Florida in 2001. The event expanded to 3 days for the first time with a full slate of workshops on Friday added to the traditional array of speakers and panels…

A personal note: My family never made much of Memorial Day — my father was a young man during WWII, but wasn’t healthy enough for military service; my brothers and I managed to weasel our way out of service during the Vietnam War. But like many, I’ve often wondered who went to that awful war…

LifeRing Canada’s Executive Director Michael Walsh was featured in a story in the Saanich News, a community newspaper on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. The story, which you can see HERE, discusses the cost of alcohol addiction in terms easily understood — deaths (more than 1,700 a year in B.C.) and dollars (more than…

Max W., who has overseen rapid growth of LifeRing meetings in Bellingham, Washington, reports adding a fifth meeting there. LifeRing’s expansion in Bellingham, located north of Seattle and a bit south of Vancouver, Canada, is an excellent example of what can be accomplished by determination and perseverance. The new meeting is at 4 p.m. on…