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New Meetings in California, Florida
New LifeRing meetings have begun in Los Gatos, CA, and Kissimmee, FL. The Los Gatos meeting is on Tuesdays at 8 p.m. at: Mission Oaks Hospital, Behavioral Health Center, Out-Patient Program – After Care Group Rm 299, 15891 Los Gatos-Almaden Rd, Los Gatos, CA 95032. The Kissimmee meeting is also on Tuesdays, at 6 p.m.,…
LifeRing on the Radio
LifeRing’s Regional Representative for the East Coast, Mona H., made an appearance on a Greenwich, CT, radio station recently. Mona has started several LifeRing meetings in Greenwich and has become involved in some of the regional organizations that seek to support the efforts of community treatment programs. Networking with those people led to the invitation…
Toolbox
When this newly redesigned Website was unveiled in June, there were some sections that didn’t make the initial transition. Since then, a LifeRing volunteer, Alceon, has done the necessary work to bring back the Keepers section and now has unveiled the new Toolbox section. Both are listed in the Categories menu along the right side…
LifeRing Arrives in Belfast
Phillip H. reports from Belfast: Lifering had its first meeting in Northern Ireland on 7th Sept 2010. Apparently this is also the first UK meeting. We had the use of the Friends Meeting House , Frederick Street in Belfast. This proved to be an excellent venue. Dennis S from Dublin kindly came to Belfast and…
Upcoming Event in Victoria, Canada
Michael W., Executive Director of LifeRing Canada, writes to say: “We are attending a really neat event on October 7th where we will be setting up a table. It is called Community Services Networking & Information Fair and it is only for professionals in the field of Mental Health and Addiction Services. It is very…
Keepers
When this new website replaced the old unhooked.com home, there were some parts of the old site that didn’t make the transfer to the new one. The transfer process involved some labor-intensive re-formatting and some of the less-visited pages were left behind. Now, one of those sections — Keepers — has been added back to…
LifeRing Canada Moving Forward
Things are hopping in Victoria, BC, Canada. Martin Nicolaus, a founder of LifeRing and its leader from the beginning until this past summer, will be visiting Victoria from Oct. 4th – 7th for a series of events, including a lecture at the University of Victoria, and meetings with a number of addiction professionals, politicians and…
New Meeting in Sweden
A second LifeRing meeting is now available in Malmo, Sweden, with Goran D. as the convenor. Both meetings — one on Wednesday, the other on Friday — are held at the RFHL on Almbacksgatan in Malmo. The Wednesday meeting is at 6 pm, the Friday meeting is at noon. These meetings join the Wednesday, 5…
LifeRing Grows Stronger, One Meeting at a Time …
Here’s a story from John D. about recent happenings at the LifeRing meeting he convenes in Clayton, CA. It’s a story to gladden the heart of all LifeRingers: I am writing to share a heartwarming story. Two months ago, I started a new meeting at Diablo Valley Ranch, in Clayton CA., which is a sixty man plus…