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An article on the website www.sciencedaily.com says, “A new study by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) shows that alcohol is now the third leading cause of the global burden of disease and injury, despite the fact most adults worldwide abstain from drinking.” The article goes on to cite more material from the…

Philip H., a LifeRing convenor in Belfast, Northern Ireland, wrote this chilling poem about his late former wife: Powerlessness Two dead mice. One fresh, one slowly desiccating. Its head chewed, eyeless. A new lock on the dingy door and new keys. Inside the wooden floor was covered in something dark, like tar. A chair upended.…

Carola Ziermann, editor, has published the newest LifeRing Newsletter. This quarter’s edition feature stories about the upcoming LifeRing Annual Meeting in Denver at the end of May, along with an explanation of proposed bylaw changes that will enable elected delegates to vote on candidates and issues raised at the LifeRing Congress, held on the last…

Late last year, LifeRing’s founding leader, Martin Nicolaus, addressed a group of San Francisco Bay Area meeting convenors. His words, as usual, eloquently present the LifeRing approach.