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Feb 21, 20102 min read
Rex’s Short List of Recovery Necessities
By Rex A. Sobriety sometimes takes longer to “get” for some than for others. I don’t know why. The more you struggle with it, the closer...
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Feb 21, 20102 min read
Heath’s Eight Ideas to Get Through Early Recovery
Heath M., in recovery in Atlanta, posted this personal list of things he did to ease his way through early sobriety, on the LSR Email...
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Feb 21, 20102 min read
Four Tools That Help Me
By Mark C. People. I have found that if I am alone or with people who are still using then it’s usually just a matter of time before I...
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Feb 21, 20103 min read
Craig M.’s Monday Night Sobriety Tool Collection
I collected these twenty tested tips for staying sober at the Monday night Berkeley meeting this week: 1) Identify what physical needs...
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LifeRing
Feb 17, 20105 min read
Dealing with Cravings and Feelings
Set Up the Projector If I wondered why I didn’t drink yesterday, I’d never get this morning’s breakfast or probably lunch made. I have...
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LifeRing
Feb 17, 20105 min read
“Daily Dos”
Keeping the Sobriety Priority fresh in our minds is helped with daily reinforcement. The following are excerpts from email posts...
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LifeRing
Feb 17, 20101 min read
Abstinence Assists
Contributed by a member of the Santa Rosa CA LifeRing meeting These thoughts and actions have helped some achieve abstinence. They may,...
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LifeRing
May 14, 20059 min read
A Two-Day Workshop on Solution Focused Interviewing – A Report for LifeRing Convenors
On the Thursday and Friday leading up to the 2005 LifeRing Congress in Guelph, Dr. Ronald Warner of the University of Toronto led a...
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LifeRing
Jan 7, 20033 min read
Well, it doesn’t “work”…people work.
By Rick B. Rick eloquently and accurately explains to a newbie what LifeRing is, and what it IS NOT. “LifeRing is not a pill, or a...
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LifeRing
Jan 7, 20034 min read
Larry and Alvin Discuss Drinking
The scene: A party. Our cast of characters: Larry: Somebody who used to drink too much Alvin: Somebody who enjoys the occasional snifter...
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LifeRing
Nov 26, 20021 min read
Defined by words or action?
by Dan in Canada “C’mon Dan. There is a holiday gathering at the pub tonight after work. Let’s go get a beer.” “No, but thank you for...
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LifeRing
Nov 22, 20023 min read
Small Triumphs
by Brenda H. in Montreal No, I don’t post that often, probably because anything I have to say has already been said far more eloquently...
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LifeRing
Oct 29, 19993 min read
Day One Again
By John E. I have had so many “Day 1, Agains” over the past 15 years. The first Day 1 found me physically exhausted and weakened beyond...
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LifeRing
Jul 27, 19992 min read
At First You Fall Down a Lot
By Craig M. [Jan wrote: I sure am having trouble staying sober….] Jan – You don’t really sound like you enjoy drinking at all anymore. I...
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LifeRing
Jul 1, 19991 min read
The Fuckit Switch
By Lin L. C.W. posted: My last relatively lengthy abstinence ended while I was standing in Rite-Aid. Suddenly, I happened to notice the...
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LifeRing
May 19, 19992 min read
Focusing On Sobriety
By Steve B. There has been a lot said here lately about sobriety and relapse. A lot of this takes the form of confessions, explanations,...
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LifeRing
May 19, 19991 min read
Recovery Is a Process
By Ron C. The state of recovery isn’t an end state of not using … it is a process of sobriety, relapse, success, failure, joy and pain…...
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LifeRing
May 9, 19992 min read
Laying the Past to Rest
By Pippa M. This evening my husband and I came home from 3 days in the north of the country on a game farm. It was a strange thing, being...
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LifeRing
Apr 27, 19992 min read
My Sobriety is a Treasure
By Lisa P. Well, who said the exhilaration was going to wear off? I still get a particular thrill out of being sober. I heard something...
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