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Oct 2, 20132 min read
In the Beginning…
In 1999, I was a “functional” addict steadily becoming less functional. I owned a bookstore in Port Angeles, WA, a small town about 50...
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LifeRing
Sep 25, 20131 min read
Nothing Like a Little Good Publicty …
Dick Sprague, a LifeRing Convenor in Tabernash (Grand County), CO, provided information for an article in SkyHiNews “serving Winter Park,...
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LifeRing
Sep 23, 20133 min read
A LifeRing Keeper: Lessons Learned After 7 Months of Sobriety
Below is a recent post to one of LifeRing’s email groups, written by a member expressing her great pleasure at reaching 7 months of...
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LifeRing
Sep 19, 20131 min read
Drunk Drivers Not the Only Danger on the Nation’s Highways
We all know about the dangers of drunk driving, and about the draconian penalties imposed on drivers who test above a certain level for...
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LifeRing
Sep 16, 20131 min read
New LifeRing Meeting in Salt Lake City
A new LifeRing meeting gets underway on Saturday, Sept. 28, in Salt Lake City, Utah. It will be the fourth meeting started by Mahala...
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LifeRing
Sep 10, 20133 min read
A Round or Two with Mike Tyson
More than a few recovering alcoholics/addicts, myself included, have compared their time in active addiction to getting into the ring...
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LifeRing
Sep 9, 20132 min read
New Writers — and New Energy — Coming to the LifeRing Blog
I, Craig Whalley, have been the author of most LifeRing Blog posts for the past three years. I do have some (blessedly brief) experience...
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LifeRing
Sep 9, 20131 min read
Revised Mission Statement Adopted
The LifeRing Board of Directors, at its regular monthly meeting on 9/8/2013, adopted a revised Mission Statement. It’s not a major...
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LifeRing
Sep 2, 20131 min read
Four New LifeRing Meetings Set for September
Four new LifeRing meetings will start this month in various places around the country. Details of time and place can be found elsewhere...
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LifeRing
Aug 21, 20131 min read
LifeRing Member Survey
If you are or have been involved with LifeRing, even just recently, we’d like to have you answer some questions in a Survey we’re doing....
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LifeRing
Aug 12, 20132 min read
A LifeRing Keeper: Getting and Staying Sober
This was posted recently on a LifeRing Email group by a longtime member: In a nutshell, my sobriety support group is LifeRing Secular...
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LifeRing
Jul 29, 20131 min read
LifeRing website to be down for maintenance
Update: Oops, forgot to mention that the times shown are Pacific Daylight Time. The server for LifeRing’s website will be down for...
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LifeRing
Jul 16, 20131 min read
LifeRing Officers Re-elected Unanimously by Board; New Office Added
The LifeRing Board of Directors met on July 14 , 2013, and held elections for officers to serve for the next year. The existing officers...
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LifeRing
Jul 10, 20132 min read
LifeRing Board of Directors Election Results
The full breakdown of votes and results can now be seen below The numbers have been counted and re-counted and the final results are in...
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LifeRing
Jul 8, 20131 min read
A LifeRing Keeper: “I’m not Wrong, I’m not Insane, I’m not Powerless”
A recent post from a LifeRing email group sums up the experience of many upon finding LifeRing: Fast forward many years, to when I...
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LifeRing
Jul 8, 20131 min read
The Trains are Running Again
The strike at BART — Bay Area Rapid Transit — has ended, at least for now, and the LifeRing Service Center is much easier to get to. So...
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LifeRing
Jul 5, 20131 min read
LifeRing Member Pens “Choice of Support” Article in Online Magazine
A member of, and convenor for, LifeRing has written an article that was published in “Secular News Daily,” an online magazine. The...
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LifeRing
Jul 1, 20131 min read
LifeRing Office Impacted by Transit Strike
The strike by workers at BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) is making it difficult for LifeRing staff to get to the Service Center office, so...
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LifeRing
Jun 27, 20131 min read
A Doctor Who “Gets it” About Offering Choice in Recovery
“I have seen many of my colleagues view 12-step recovery as the only option to offer their patients,” say the author, Dr. Alan...
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