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Requiem for a Meeting Well-Loved
LifeRing offers over 80 online meetings every week for people looking for substance use support. Our online meeting venues include an interactive chat check-in hosted in the LifeRing Chat Room. This is a fond farewell to one of those meetings. The Saturday Chat holds a lot of history for me. This was the very first…
Recovery Should be Celebrated Every Day!
Recovery is Every Day! Mike M is a longtime LifeRing member, an active LifeRing Convenor and our LifeRing resident grant writer. We’re proud to share Mike’s first contribution to the LifeRing News Blog! Did you know that September is officially “Recovery Month”? This awareness event is sponsored by SAMHSA National Recovery Month 2022 |…
Recovery Celebration Open Door Invitation
LifeRing Open Door Invitation LifeRing Recovery Celebration! – online social gathering – Zoom Registration Link ● Meeting ID: 839 5292 6628 ● Passcode: lifering Saturday, September 24th 2:00pm to 9:00pm Pacific Time LifeRing Secular Recovery is hosting an online Recovery Celebration! Come join our open house to learn more about LifeRing, share…
18 Years Strong
Upon the Anniversary of My Stroke Craig Whalley is LifeRing eGroups Regional Representative. Craig is also a long-time, active LifeRing contributor and was our LifeRing Executive Director after co-founder Marty Nicolaus retired in 2010. This post first appeared on the LifeRing LSRsafe eGroup on July 9, 2022. (This is a long ramble through…
Pass The Hat
2022 Summer Splash: Pass the Hat Do you remember LifeRing meetings before the pandemic? How we always made sure to have a buck or two ready to donate when the group passed the donation hat? Think of this as LifeRing’s Midyear Pass the Hat! If you attend one or more LifeRing online meetings every…
Summer 2022 Newsletter
Lots of LifeRing newsworthy events and meeting updates have happened since the LifeRing Fall 2021 Newsletter. We’re excited to offer an update of changes and successes happening at LifeRing. We think you’ll be excited, too! click here to read the latest LifeRing news
Local Meetings Deep Dive
Summer is in full swing and we’re starting to see LifeRing in-person recovery meetings opening again! We’ve opened and reopened 44 in-person meetings worldwide since the beginning of the year. Our latest is held in Edinburgh, Scotland! Your tax-deductible donation will help LifeRing reach people who thrive in immersive, local recovery communities. Get Out of…
Codependency is a Toxic Myth in Recovery
Tough love can be deadly to a person in recovery. Maia Szalavitz is a contributing NYT Opinion writer and the author, most recently, of “Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction. Following are experts ftom an article first appearing in the New York Times | June 8, 2022, online…
Amazon Prime Day!
Looking for New Beach Togs? Shop with LifeRing at AmazonSmile During Amazon Prime Day! Amazon Prime Day is On! Tuesday, July 12th through July 13th Did you know that LifeRing is part of the AmazonSmile Donation Program? You can support us by making LifeRing your charity and by shopping on AmazonSmile any day of the…