Posts by The Chief

The oldest LifeRing meeting on the West Coast, the Thursday night meeting at Mandana House in Oakland, has lost its venue. The Mandana Community Recovery Center is a victim of budget cutbacks and has closed its doors. Dozens of community meetings are homeless. For news coverage, see here and here.  Anyone with a lead to…

Welcome to the new LifeRing website! The old website was launched in June 1996, fairly early in Web history, and it showed its age.  Over the years it grew and grew until it sprawled like a kudzu vine.  We’ve been talking forever about a new design. We owe a big “Thank You!” to web designer…

Reviews: By Craig Whalley: New Lineup at LifeRing (post) Denver Diary (from LSRSafe) By Marty N in Convenor Blog: No Snow in Denver (Day 1) Denver (2) Denver (Finale) By Charles D. from Austin TX on austinlifering.org: 2010 LifeRing Congress and Expo reception

[Reposted from the LSRSafe email list by permission] Day Minus One After 4 hours on a bus, 3 hours sitting at the airport and a 2 hour flight, I arrived in Denver for the 2010 LifeRing Expo. I came a day early, partly reflecting my relatively new status as a footloose semi-retiree, and partly so…