12 Misc.

Book Review:  Bonnie Benard: Resiliency, What We Have Learned. I came across this book while staffing a LifeRing table at a conference of teachers and other educators devoted to prevention and treatment of tobacco, alcohol and other drug use among students.

Bob O. from Sacramento writes:  I will be starting a new meeting at the Kaiser Chemical Dependency Recovery Program, 2829 Watt Avenue, Suite 150, Room 2, Sacramento, Ca. every Tuesday at 7:30PM.  The room is wheelchair accessible.  The first meeting will be September 7, 2010.  For more information contact Bob.

A recent article in the Washington Post will be of interest to many here. It takes AA to task for being ineffective and sees no real purpose for the entire Rehab industry. The author does accept the ‘illness’ concept and is a University of Virginia psychiatrist with ties to the pharmaceutical industry. But he is…

Philip H. from Belfast writes:  Just to let you know. I have been in contact with Dennis S in Dublin with a view to starting Lifering meetings in Belfast Northern Ireland. I have the necessary clean and sober time. This is a wonderful opportunity for Lifering in Northern Ireland. We have come out of many…