Posts by Bees
Pride in LifeRing Meetings
We Can Do Better With Diversity and Inclusion in Recovery This Pride Recovery has a diversity and inclusion problem. Throughout the recovery world, we have what seems to be no meetings for the BIPOC population (none that I could find, and I really looked). Recovery is overwhelmingly white and straight from this Queer…
Read MoreJuneteenth
Official Recognition of Juneteenth as a National Holiday Adds Cause to Celebrate As a queer man, I am struck by the significance of Juneteenth. As Pride Month is central to my community–to its shared identity and, well, its sense of pride–so is Juneteenth central to the identity and pride of the Black American community. Knowing…
Read MoreLiving Well With a Dual Diagnosis
Living Well With a Dual Diagnosis What is a Dual Diagnosis And Why Does It Matter? To be honest, I had never heard the term “dual diagnosis” until I started with LifeRing Secular Recovery. But once I got clear on what that meant, it gave me a powerful framework for understanding myself: my Bipolar diagnosis…
Read MoreCalling All LifeRing Video Stars!
Do you have something to say about your LifeRing experience? We’d like to include your LifeRing Community video clip during our 2021 Annual Meeting on Saturday, June 5th. Your video should: highlight your experience(s) as a member of the LifeRing Community star you and/or anyone in your…
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