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Mocktails, Anyone?
It’s Dry January! While Dry January is not listed on the National Today Awareness Calendar, it is listed as a National Awareness Month in the UK. This annual movement encourages millions of people give up drinking for the month of January and explore their relationship with alcohol. LifeRing will be posting articles relevant to this…
LifeRing In The New Year
LifeRing in the New Year! – online social celebration – Zoom Link ● Meeting ID: 893 2806 6444 ● Passcode: lifering – Saturday, December 31st | Noon to Midnight+ Pacific Time – Terrible pun – Lots of fun! Join your LifeRing friends and new friends in recovery during our LifeRing In the New…
Winter Holiday Socials
Winter Holiday Socials – online social gatherings – Zoom Link ● Meeting ID: 893 2806 6444 ● Passcode: lifering – Noon to Midnight+ Pacific Time – Saturday, December 24th ● Sunday, December 25th ● Saturday, December 31st Warm Yourself with a Holiday Social! Join us for a steaming hot cup o’ sobriety! Take a…
Paths That Lead to Recovery
I love hearing how people recover! Finding a group or groups to relate with encourages commitment and accountability – which in turn, empowers sobriety. LifeRing supports all pathways to recovery. In the early days on my path to recovery, I remember thinking, this highly detailed plan, all this structure works for everyone…
Season of Volunteering
Put your wallet away and grab your calendar! The Season of Giving isn’t just about financial gifts, it’s also about giving back. Read Karl’s story about why he volunteers to support our LifeRing Community. If I had money to spare, I’d donate to LifeRing for sure, but as an older retired gent living…
LifeRing Embraces Personal Worldviews
LifeRing First Generation Pioneer and former LifeRing Executive Director Kathleen G. shares her story of how she found community within our unique secular recovery program. I got sober in 1981, a time when the only world that existed for an “alcoholic” who wanted to free herself from drinking required turning her will and…
GivingTuesday
Will you help LifeRing give the gift of sobriety? There are so many people in dire need of addiction recovery. But they don’t even know LifeRing exists. We want to change that. We’re on a mission to grow, which means more meetings in more cities, and more people receiving the support they need. But we…
2022 Fall Newsletter
We’ve Been Busy and We’re Getting Busier! LifeRing now supports over 1,800 members seeking recovery from substance misuse. That’s almost 2 times more people than this time last year! In-person meetings are on the rise and we’re closing the gap with over 80 weekly local and national online meetings. But these expanding numbers are just…
CNN: This is Life(Ring)
CNN’s Lisa Ling joins LifeRing in Episode 5 of THIS IS LIFE WITH LISA LING on CNN this season. In October 2021, LifeRing Regional Representative and BOD member Lisa Swing-Corney was approached by the producers of the award-winning CNN documentary television series THIS IS LIFE WITH LISA LING. The producers explained that, during the final…