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Summer 2022 Newsletter
Lots of LifeRing newsworthy events and meeting updates have happened since the LifeRing Fall 2021 Newsletter. We’re excited to offer an update of changes and successes happening at LifeRing. We think you’ll be excited, too! click here to read the latest LifeRing news
Local Meetings Deep Dive
Summer is in full swing and we’re starting to see LifeRing in-person recovery meetings opening again! We’ve opened and reopened 44 in-person meetings worldwide since the beginning of the year. Our latest is held in Edinburgh, Scotland! Your tax-deductible donation will help LifeRing reach people who thrive in immersive, local recovery communities. Get Out of…
Codependency is a Toxic Myth in Recovery
Tough love can be deadly to a person in recovery. Maia Szalavitz is a contributing NYT Opinion writer and the author, most recently, of “Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction. Following are experts ftom an article first appearing in the New York Times | June 8, 2022, online…
Amazon Prime Day!
Looking for New Beach Togs? Shop with LifeRing at AmazonSmile During Amazon Prime Day! Amazon Prime Day is On! Tuesday, July 12th through July 13th Did you know that LifeRing is part of the AmazonSmile Donation Program? You can support us by making LifeRing your charity and by shopping on AmazonSmile any day of the…
LifeRing Newcomers Need ePals
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…
Happy Independence Day?
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…
2022 LifeRing Annual Conference Recap
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…
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
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.…
LifeRing Year in Review
LifeRing Dives in Our New Year with a Big Splash! June 5th was the start of the LifeRing Administrative Year. What better way to kick off our Summer Splash Fundraiser than with a Year in Review? LifeRing Convenors, Volunteers and generous LifeRing Donors contributed so much good last year! Online meeting attendance has grown…