Category Archives: Organization

Conference Calls

LifeRing member Mona H., who also serves as our East Coast Coordinator of Outreach, has been using a combination of old and new technology to provide a new way for members to meet together and support one another. Using an … Continue reading

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LifeRing to Participate in National Recovery Month

September 2010 will be the 21st annual Recovery Month (www.recoverymonth.gov) observance by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration, and the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT). Recovery Month serves to educate … Continue reading

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A message from the Outreach Coordinator

LifeRing’s Outreach Coordinator, Kathleen Gargan, has posted a note in the Find Meetings section that I want to bring to your attention. She writes: “anyone who is looking for meetings, or wanting to start a meeting, please contact me at … Continue reading

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Warm welcome for Craig W. to Bay Area

This homemade quiche with “WELCOME CRAIG” spelled out in a red pepper font symbolized the warm welcome local  LifeRing participants extended Sunday evening to Craig Whalley, the new Executive Director of LifeRing, who has moved to Berkeley from Port Angeles WA. … Continue reading

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LifeRing in Ireland Celebrates First Year

By Dennis S., Dublin LifeRing Ireland is celebrating its first year of existence in August of 2010. We accomplished much during this year period. What was done is extraordinary and much of the credit belongs to the meeting convenors and … Continue reading

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Hometown Paper Features New LifeRing CEO

The Peninsula Daily News in Washington State is running a feature story on Craig Whalley, the newly elected Executive Director of LifeRing. Craig recently sold the bookshop he bought 39 years ago in Port Angeles, and will be moving to … Continue reading

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Message to LifeRing Canada members

Hey everyone, We are gauging interest and presently thinking about initiating a weekly telephone and/or Skype meeting for people that do not have access to face-to-face meetings in Canada. The telephone meetings are working well in the USA. Basically, a … Continue reading

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Letter from Canada

Michael Walsh, Executive Director of LifeRing Canada, writes: We are a non-profit entity with a Board of Directors and are expecting to have charitable status this year. The website is being updated and will offer much more information about the … Continue reading

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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

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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

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