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LifeRing Outreach Committee
A Call to Action COVID has transformed the recovery community with the unprecedented rise in alcohol abuse, substance abuse, and suicide. According to the CDC 93,000 individuals died from an overdose in 2020 alone. There has never been a more important time to raise the voice of the nonprofit, self-help recovery support group.…
Why Is Choice So Important?
Finding the right recovery pathway is a deeply personal undertaking. What may work for one person may not for another. One of my best friends and running buddy quit drinking and using about a month before I did. He chose the 12-step approach while I embraced Lifering’s secular platform. My choice was right for me.…
LifeRing Migrates to Scotland
LifeRing is proud to introduce our online “How Was Your Week” meeting originating in Scotland, UK. This meeting is convened by well-traveled Edinburgh native Michael T. Michael writes: LifeRing has had a profound effect on me that I will always be grateful for. I always feel better after a meeting. There is something unique…
LifeRing’s First Co-occurring Disorders Meeting
Since our first co-occurring disorders focus meeting on Wednesday, August 23, 2021 – LifeRing has added four new co-occurring disorders meetings throughout the week including one for Polish-speakers diagnosed with co-occurring disorders. To see the latest LifeRing Focus Meetings, please refer to the LifeRing Online Meetings Page | Focus Meetings Breakout Menu at the bottom…
Gone
During winter of 2016, in a smoky, dimly-lit garage, I remember Nate scratching these lyrics into a notebook. He would then strum his guitar, change up a few words and refrains, and take a swig from his bottle. I often hung out with the “boys”; we would sing along with the guitars, wax philosophically, laugh,…
Special Monthly Meeting: LifeRing 101
LifeRing is proud to present a special meeting LifeRing members, friends and families, and people curious about LifeRing Secular Recovery. LifeRing 101 is held on the first Saturday of the month at 9:00am Pacific Time. LifeRing 101 | Introduction for Members, Friends, and Family The first Saturday of the Month at 9:00am Pacific Zoom Meeting…
The Liver Spot Is Growing!
The Liver Spot LifeRing meeting has captured the attention of Stanford,. UCSF, Johns Hopkins and the Mayo Clinic to name a few medical centers equipped to meet the physical disruption and challenges caused by substance use disorder. Doctors and nurses and therapists are referring patients to The Liver Spot and our attendance is growing! The…
LifeRing Summer Newsletter
Here we are in the full heat of Summer! Lots of awesome things have been happening since the flurries of December. This is an exciting time for LifeRing. We’re adding new meetings, new committees and (at long last) a new LifeRing introductory pamphlet for distribution this month! We held our 2021 Annual Meeting in June…
Pride in LifeRing Meetings
We Can Do Better With Diversity and Inclusion in Recovery This Pride Recovery has a diversity and inclusion problem. Throughout the recovery world, we have what seems to be no meetings for the BIPOC population (none that I could find, and I really looked). Recovery is overwhelmingly white and straight from this Queer…