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If Alcohol Were Discovered Today, Would it be Legal?
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…
Read MoreA LifeRing Keeper: Building a Plan for Sobriety
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…
Read MoreNewspaper Features Article About LifeRing
The Bohemian, a weekly newspaper covering the Sonoma, Napa and Marin areas north of San Francisco, has an extensive article dealing with the effort of a Santa Rosa LifeRing convenor to convince local government bodies that they must comply with a federal court decision from several years ago that establishes that government must be evenhanded…
Read MoreSeeking an Individual who thrives in a challenging, stimulating, and rewarding environment.
Qualifications: A person with 6 month sobriety with a desire to convene a meeting of, and interact with, a delightful, funny, highly entertaining and thoughtfully provocative bunch of former drunks and drug addicts. Time: Meets every Tuesday @ 6:35 pm. Place: Oakland CDRP, Room 5, 969 Broadway, Oakland, CA (Right next to BART, 2nd floor…
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