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New LifeRing Meetings: Here, There and Everywhere!
At least four new LifeRing meetings have started in the past few weeks. I say “at least” because I’ve been less than diligent in keeping...
LifeRing
Jan 21, 20141 min read
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Former Heavy Weight Boxing Champ Mike Tyson Writes About His Addiction
Mike Tyson, the famously fearsome heavyweight boxing champion, wrote an op-ed for the New York Times recently that offers a wrenching...
LifeRing
Jan 6, 20141 min read
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Stigma and the Language we Use
Here’s an interesting article about stigma and the language often used when talking about addiction. Gil Kerlikowske is the U.S. “Drug...
LifeRing
Dec 27, 20131 min read
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Buy a T-Shirt and Support LifeRing
Byron Kerr, a very active LifeRing founder of new meetings and newly chosen Board of Directors member, has launched a fund raising...
LifeRing
Dec 20, 20131 min read
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Predicting the Chances of Relapse
Dick Sprague, a Colorado LifeRinger, forwards an interesting article that deals with predicting relapse. The academic article stems from...
LifeRing
Dec 18, 20131 min read
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Dr. B.J. Davis Talk on “What is Recovery?”
A few years ago, Dr. B.J. Davis, clinical director of Strategies for Change, a Sacramento, CA, treatment facility, gave a talk to a...
LifeRing
Dec 12, 20131 min read
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Choice in Recovery — Two Articles From Opposite Directions; Similar Conclusions
We often think of AA as being monolithic, speaking in one voice. In fact, AA has members who deviate sharply from the “established”...
LifeRing
Dec 2, 20132 min read
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Court Mandated Referrals to Support Groups Highlighted in Two Articles
Here are a couple of links to articles dealing with “choice in recovery” and court-mandated attendance at support meetings. One deals...
LifeRing
Nov 27, 20131 min read
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Revealing Story of Pain Medication Addiction
Here is a harrowing story about pain pill addiction and how easily and savagely it occurs. It’s a story from the Salt Lake Tribune in...
LifeRing
Nov 22, 20131 min read
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LifeRing and Other 12-Step Alternatives Featured in Professional Journal
A recent magazine article on Alternatives to 12-Step Addiction Recovery in “Social Work Today” magazine not only is the lead story for...
LifeRing
Nov 18, 20131 min read
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The Role of Abstinence in Treating Addiction
LifeRing believes strongly that abstinence from all alcohol and other non-medically indicated drugs is the only acceptable goal once...
LifeRing
Nov 12, 20132 min read
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Addiction: Is It a Disease, or … Something Else
The question of whether addiction constitutes a “disease” is a perennial source of disagreement among the “experts’ and among addicts...
LifeRing
Nov 11, 20132 min read
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LifeRing Recognized in Professional Journal
Martin Nicolaus, LifeRing’s founding leader and author of our three LifeRing books, passes along this mention of LifeRing in a recent...
LifeRing
Nov 8, 20132 min read
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‘We look at red wine like it’s dark chocolate’ — New Book Examines Women and
Anne Dowsett Johnston is the author of a new book entitled Drink that explores the relationship between women and alcohol. In a recent...
LifeRing
Nov 4, 20131 min read
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A View on LifeRing’s “Structure”
LifeRing member Byron Kerr shares some thoughts on LifeRing’s approach to providing structure in recovery: I recently heard a proposal in...
LifeRing
Oct 29, 20131 min read
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On Counting Sober Time
A member of the LifeRing board of directors writes about the issue of ‘counting the days’ since one’s last use of alcohol or other drug:...
LifeRing
Oct 24, 20132 min read
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LifeRing is present at Treatment Professionals’ Annual Conference
The 2013 Annual Conference of the California Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors was held in Sacramento earlier...
LifeRing
Oct 23, 20131 min read
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You are NOT powerless!
#Addiction
LifeRing
Oct 16, 20131 min read
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You Are Not Your Habits!! New Book Shows How to Break Free of Them
I recently read a book called The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business,” by Charles Duhigg. I think that many...
LifeRing
Oct 9, 20132 min read
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Searching For Obamacare
The following is Part 1 in a series of posts regarding one slightly middle-aged, uninsured gal’s search for affordable, quality health...
LifeRing
Oct 5, 20133 min read
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