Posts Tagged ‘secular recovery’
Emily Marcus Award
Emily Marcus Awards Emily Marcus (1969-2023), Convenor, Community Advocate, and member of the Board of Directors left an indelible mark on the LifeRing organization and touched many lives through her volunteer work and her personal interactions. We are fortunate to have received a legacy donation from her estate and, as evidenced by her testimony…
Read MorePride 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 More“I Beat Addiction Without God”
A few days ago I posted a link to the Wall Street Journal essay written by our very own Mary Beth O’Connor. For those of you without a subscription to the WSJ who are having trouble accessing the article, Mary Beth has given me permission to post her essay here on our LifeRing blog. So,…
Read More“I Beat Addiction Without God”
Back in August, our very own LifeRing Board member, Mary Beth O’Connor, had an essay featured in the Wall Street Journal: “I Beat Addiction Without God.” I couldn’t wait to share the essay with everyone I knew who was seeking choice in recovery! Mary Beth wrote about her recovery in a way that empowers…
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