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Recovery Celebration Open Door Invitation
LifeRing Open Door Invitation LifeRing Recovery Celebration! – online social gathering – Zoom Registration Link ● Meeting ID: 839 5292 6628 ● Passcode: lifering Saturday, September 24th 2:00pm to 9:00pm Pacific Time LifeRing Secular Recovery is hosting an online Recovery Celebration! Come join our open house to learn more about LifeRing, share…
18 Years Strong
Upon the Anniversary of My Stroke Craig Whalley is LifeRing eGroups Regional Representative. Craig is also a long-time, active LifeRing contributor and was our LifeRing Executive Director after co-founder Marty Nicolaus retired in 2010. This post first appeared on the LifeRing LSRsafe eGroup on July 9, 2022. (This is a long ramble through…
Pass The Hat
2022 Summer Splash: Pass the Hat Do you remember LifeRing meetings before the pandemic? How we always made sure to have a buck or two ready to donate when the group passed the donation hat? Think of this as LifeRing’s Midyear Pass the Hat! If you attend one or more LifeRing online meetings every…
Summer 2022 Newsletter
Lots of LifeRing newsworthy events and meeting updates have happened since the LifeRing Fall 2021 Newsletter. We’re excited to offer an update of changes and successes happening at LifeRing. We think you’ll be excited, too! click here to read the latest LifeRing news
Local Meetings Deep Dive
Summer is in full swing and we’re starting to see LifeRing in-person recovery meetings opening again! We’ve opened and reopened 44 in-person meetings worldwide since the beginning of the year. Our latest is held in Edinburgh, Scotland! Your tax-deductible donation will help LifeRing reach people who thrive in immersive, local recovery communities. Get Out of…
Codependency is a Toxic Myth in Recovery
Tough love can be deadly to a person in recovery. Maia Szalavitz is a contributing NYT Opinion writer and the author, most recently, of “Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction. Following are experts ftom an article first appearing in the New York Times | June 8, 2022, online…
Amazon Prime Day!
Looking for New Beach Togs? Shop with LifeRing at AmazonSmile During Amazon Prime Day! Amazon Prime Day is On! Tuesday, July 12th through July 13th Did you know that LifeRing is part of the AmazonSmile Donation Program? You can support us by making LifeRing your charity and by shopping on AmazonSmile any day of the…
LifeRing Newcomers Need ePals
Would you like to help a newcomer to LifeRing find support and involvement? LifeRing receives about 250 requests a year for an ePal – a LifeRing member who can provide one-to-one support and information to a newcomer via email. This is NOT any sort of “sponsor.” Instead, the ePal provides information about the nature of…
Happy Independence Day?
Mary Shortell is a longtime LifeRinger and a regular participant in a number of LifeRing eGroups. This post first appeared on LSRsafe – July 3, 2022 Most years, I reflect on my own personal meaning of Independence Day. I finally made my Declaration of Independence from the tyranny of alcohol, and I…