If Alcohol Were Discovered Today, Would it be Legal?

By The Chief | September 10, 2012

An article from the website Alternet.com discusses a new book just published: Drugs Without the Hot Air, by British author David Nutt  (2012 UIT Cambridge). In the book, the author asks the reasonable question of how our society would handle alcohol if it were to appear suddenly as a street drug. An excerpt from the…

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New Online Workbook Discussion Group Starts on Sundays

By The Chief | September 1, 2012 |

A second “voice-chat” meeting to study the Recovery by Choice workbook will be held each Sunday, beginning Sept. 2, at 4 p.m. Pacific time. The other meeting is held on Wednesday evenings at 6 p.m. Pacific time. The meetings, convened by Chris B., are aimed at helping people work their way through pages of the…

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LifeRing Exhibits at Tucson Conference

By The Chief | August 27, 2012 |

Two long-time LifeRing volunteers carried our message to the Southwestern School for Behavioral Health Studies Conference in Tucson, AZ. The event ran from Aug. 20-23. Tim Reith (pictured), a LifeRing board member and meeting convenor in Tucson headed the effort, helped by former LifeRing board member Chet Gardner. Tim reports: I think things went pretty…

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A LifeRing Keeper: Building a Plan for Sobriety

By The Chief | August 8, 2012 |

A member of one of the LifeRing email groups asked for examples of a “plan” for staying sober, since LifeRing places the responsibility for building a plan or program on each of us as we each develop our own approach to getting and staying clean and sober. This is a reply that explains very well…

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