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2024 LifeRing Elections
2024 LifeRing Election Results 2024-2025 Board of Directors Election: Joining the Board: Michael Anderson Re-elected to the Board: Joe Franklin, Monica Foy, and Sue Betts Proposed Bylaws Change: Unanimously passed and will be reflected in the LifeRing Bylaws Please join us in welcoming new and returning members to the LifeRing Board of Directors…
Pass The Hat | Summer Splash
Question: How do online convenors collect meeting donations? Answer: They Pass the eHat! In-person participants donate weekly to support their local meetings. During the LifeRing Summer Splash Fundraiser, we’re asking you to please support LifeRing online meetings and meeting management with your recurring contribution. Think of this as LifeRing’s Mid-Year Pass the Hat! If…
Memorial Day Reflection
Remembering and Honoring | A Memorial Day Reflection As we recognize Memorial Day, a day of remembrance and honor for those who have served and sacrificed for our country, it’s important for us at LifeRing Secular Recovery to take a moment to reflect on the meaning of this day and its significance in our lives.…
1 in 5: Where Do You Fit In?
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month 1 in 5 people will experience a mental illness during their lifetime and everyone faces challenges in life that can impact their mental health. Since the pandemic, many people are realizing that stress, isolation, and uncertainty have taken a toll on their well-being. Since 1949, May has been…
2024 LifeRing Annual Conference
2024 LifeRing Annual Conference | 2-Day Online Event Online Saturday, June 8th & Sunday, June 9th 9:00am – 2:00pm Pacific Time LifeRing Secular Recovery is a network of meetings. The connection with other meetings is as vital to LifeRing as the connection with other sober people is vital to an individual in recovery. The greatest…
World Liver Day
Be Kind To Your Liver! On March 15, 2019, I attended a celebration of life gathering for a bar buddy who, after another long night drinking at Tradr Sam’s, fell to his death down his own stairs. We found him 4 or 5 days later. I raised my last cocktail in his honor during the…
Connecting with Journey Magazine
LifeRing Connects with Journey Magazine Journey Magazine is celebrating its 5th year in publication. LifeRing is featured in Issue 32 hitting the streets this week! Visibility is critical to the next wave of substance use disorder recovery. The importance of making recovery and recovery resources visible to everyone is growing as multiple paths become the…
Happy Anniversary, LSRsafe!
Celebrating 20 Years of Positive eSupport! Today – 4/4/24 – is the twentieth anniversary of the start of the LSRsafe email group. Starting it was just about the best thing I’ve ever done in my life. When I began it as a sort of offshoot of LSRmail, the original LifeRing email group, I assumed it…
Caregivers in Recovery
LifeRing Supports Those Who Support Others! LifeRing is proud to introduce our newest focus meeting for caregivers in recovery on Wednesday mornings at 8:00am Pacific. CareGiverHuddle Wednesdays at 8:00am Pacific Zoom Meeting ID: 873 0309 7283, Passcode: lifering About Renee I’m a Humanist organizer, a retired army veteran, a…