Monthly Archives: June 2010
LifeRing Training in Honolulu
From Eddie Merseraux, Case Facilitator of North Shore Access to Recovery (ATR) and Together — Strengthening Our Community Services (T-SOCS) in Honolulu: Date: July 15, 2010 Time: 8am to 4:30pm Place: Hilo Hatties Conference Room (on Nimitz) T-SOCS and Hawaii … Continue reading
Letter to Dr. Phil
Dale in St. Cloud FL posted this letter to the convenor list: Letter to the Dr. Phil show: Dr. Phil, I was alternately moved by and dismayed with your show today on alcoholic women. You expressed a limited knowledge of … Continue reading
Ireland Update
From Dennis S. in Dublin: St. Patrick’s meeting has exploded. We now officially have two rooms assigned to LifeRing. We are turning out 30-40 people per evening. Need to get some of their people as convenors. James the main convenor … Continue reading
LifeRing celebrates Pride!
For the first time, LifeRing will have a booth at the San Francisco Pride celebration in Civic Center this Sunday, June 27, 2010. Look for us at Location S-14 in Civic Center on Sunday! If you would like to help, … Continue reading
Urgent: Oakland meeting needs new venue
The oldest LifeRing meeting on the West Coast, the Thursday night meeting at Mandana House in Oakland, has lost its venue. The Mandana Community Recovery Center is a victim of budget cutbacks and has closed its doors. Dozens of community … Continue reading
New Website Design
Welcome to the new LifeRing website! The old website was launched in June 1996, fairly early in Web history, and it showed its age. Over the years it grew and grew until it sprawled like a kudzu vine. We’ve been … Continue reading
The 2010 LifeRing Expo/Congress in Denver
Reviews: By Craig Whalley: New Lineup at LifeRing (post) Denver Diary (from LSRSafe) By Marty N in Convenor Blog: No Snow in Denver (Day 1) Denver (2) Denver (Finale) By Charles D. from Austin TX on austinlifering.org: 2010 LifeRing Congress … Continue reading
Denver Diary, by Craig Whalley
[Reposted from the LSRSafe email list by permission] Day Minus One After 4 hours on a bus, 3 hours sitting at the airport and a 2 hour flight, I arrived in Denver for the 2010 LifeRing Expo. I came a … Continue reading
New Lineup at LifeRing
The recently concluded 2010 LifeRing Expo in Denver brought some new faces to the Board of Directors and LifeRing leadership. The biggest change was the retirement of Marty N., the group’s founder and CEO for the past 13 years. Marty … Continue reading
New Meeting in St. Cloud, FL
From Dale K. in Orlando: I am starting a new meeting in St. Cloud, Florida. Here are the particulars. Place: St. Cloud Regional Medical Center, Board room Address: 2906 17th Street St. Cloud, Florida 34769 Time: 7:30 p.m. every Wednesday … Continue reading
