Monthly Archives: September 2010
New Meetings in California, Florida
New LifeRing meetings have begun in Los Gatos, CA, and Kissimmee, FL. The Los Gatos meeting is on Tuesdays at 8 p.m. at: Mission Oaks Hospital, Behavioral Health Center, Out-Patient Program – After Care Group Rm 299, 15891 Los Gatos-Almaden … Continue reading
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LifeRing on the Radio
LifeRing’s Regional Representative for the East Coast, Mona H., made an appearance on a Greenwich, CT, radio station recently. Mona has started several LifeRing meetings in Greenwich and has become involved in some of the regional organizations that seek to … Continue reading
Toolbox
When this newly redesigned Website was unveiled in June, there were some sections that didn’t make the initial transition. Since then, a LifeRing volunteer, Alceon, has done the necessary work to bring back the Keepers section and now has unveiled … Continue reading
LifeRing Arrives in Belfast
Phillip H. reports from Belfast: Lifering had its first meeting in Northern Ireland on 7th Sept 2010. Apparently this is also the first UK meeting. We had the use of the Friends Meeting House , Frederick Street in Belfast. This … Continue reading
Upcoming Event in Victoria, Canada
Michael W., Executive Director of LifeRing Canada, writes to say: “We are attending a really neat event on October 7th where we will be setting up a table. It is called Community Services Networking & Information Fair and it is … Continue reading
Food-related issues – are they the new recovery front line?
I don’t have a problem with weight, anorexia, bulemia or other food, eating or body image matters. Nonetheless, having just completed the book “The End of Overeating” by Dr. David Kessler, former FDA chairman, I can certainly sympathize on a … Continue reading
Keepers
When this new website replaced the old unhooked.com home, there were some parts of the old site that didn’t make the transfer to the new one. The transfer process involved some labor-intensive re-formatting and some of the less-visited pages were … Continue reading
LifeRing Canada Moving Forward
Things are hopping in Victoria, BC, Canada. Martin Nicolaus, a founder of LifeRing and its leader from the beginning until this past summer, will be visiting Victoria from Oct. 4th – 7th for a series of events, including a lecture … Continue reading
New Meeting in Sweden
A second LifeRing meeting is now available in Malmo, Sweden, with Goran D. as the convenor. Both meetings — one on Wednesday, the other on Friday — are held at the RFHL on Almbacksgatan in Malmo. The Wednesday meeting is … Continue reading
Reviewing “Last Call: A History of Prohibition,” by Daniel Okrent
I found this book so interesting that I reviewed it twice, a short review in LibraryThing, and a longer one in my personal blog. Here’s my short review: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This is a fascinating exploration of how the U.S. came to … Continue reading
