News Blog
Email Signup - Get the LifeRing Newsletter, news blog posts, and invitation to LifeRing events.
A LifeRing Keeper: Coming Out of Hiding
Some of the LifeRing online venues allow members to post relatively long comments and some of these are very well written and informative. What we call “Keepers.” They deserve a wider audience. Here’s a fine recent example from the LSRsafe email group, slightly edited and with names altered: “When I continue to isolate and hide,…
Book Review of “The Addiction Solution” by David Kipper, MD
The Addiction Solution, by David Kipper, MD (with Steven Whitney) Rodale Press 2010, 284 pages, $25.99 Reviewed by Patricia Gauss, August 2011 Written by David Kipper, MD, a Beverly Hills doctor who specializes in addiction, The Addiction Solution provides a simple, straightforward account of the brain science underlying addictions. He also proposes that certain individuals…
Addictive Personality? You Might be a Leader!
There was a fascinating piece in the New York Times that I found very interesting, both for the positive spin it put on the so-called “addictive personality” and for it’s discussion of some current thinking regarding the role of brain chemistry in addiction. See it HERE. In summary, the article asserts that the brain physiology…
Interesting Article on Addiction Research
The New York Times published an interesting article on July 10th that is worth a look. It talks about a growing trend to treat addiction as a medical problem rather than a spiritual, or psychological, disorder. The article speaks of addiction as a “disease” which will bother some. I’d prefer the word “condition.” It compares…
Planning Meetings July 11 & 12
LifeRing’s year-long planning process will begin in earnest Monday, July 11, with a meeting in the LifeRing chat room at 5, and again at 9 PM Pacific on skype and in chat. On Tuesday morning, July 12 we’ll hold another meeting in skype at 6 AM Pacific. Please join us! This month we’ll be focusing…
Message from a LifeRing Convenor
One of LifeRing’s convenors writes: Tonight’s meeting was just one of those wonderful gatherings in which I felt tremendous love and connectedness with each person present. A member with 11 months’ sobriety convened the meeting. It’s such a joy to see the transformation that has taken place in him, as he moved from viewing sobriety…
LifeRing to Begin a Year-long Planning Process
The LifeRing Board of Directors has voted to begin a year-long planning process aimed at strengthening the organization and bringing it to a higher level of efficiency and productivity. The board voted to adopt a “Framework” for planning as suggested by Lynn C., who was also named Planning Coordinator, a new position. The framework is…
And Now for Something Completely Different
Miriam C., one of our Irish convenors, sent along an essay that I can’t resist posting, despite it being rather far from the usual fare here: “I guess it’s the other part of me that does it” We’re the proud and extremely lucky parents of the most amazing son. What makes him so special is…
Full Coverage of the 2011 LifeRing Annual Meeting
As mentioned previously, the 2011 LifeRing Annual Meeting was held on June 3, 4 and 5 in Oakland, CA. For a bare-bones recap click here. This report will be more comprehensive and will try to give the flavor of the event for those who weren’t there. A LifeRing gathering of any kind is always…