Posts by Bees

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…

  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…

The Meeting of All Meetings!   LifeRing hosted our 2-day 2022 Annual Conference on June 4th and June 5th. Attendance was high for both days and the events were well received by the LifeRing Community. Following are some of the highlights of this conference and the reactions from some of our participants. A full agenda…

Reflections on Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction My recovery journey took many detours, and one of the reasons I often used to delay getting sober was that my life was too stressful. So when the time came to really get serious about my own recovery I took a class called Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) at UMass Medical Center.…