"Going away this weekend for my niece's 1st b-day my folks are coming too. I'm looking forward to human contact, I aint had much of late."
Support for staying clean and sober the LifeRing way
A network of friends helping each other to live free of alcohol and other addictive drugs, based on the philosophy of LifeRing.
MORE ABOUT LIFERING
Please click here to visit the homepage of Lifering Secular Recovery, to get even more information about Lifering. Lifering's online support includes (clickable links in blue):
1. An online meeting room, with both formal meetings and informal "just chat" time.
2. Information on how Lifering works, including its "toolbox" for sobriety.
3. Links to a variety of email lists, including ones for people who may struggle with food/body issues, a women's list and a UK list.
4. A bulletin board service discussion forum. (Note: Content is publicly visible.)
5. A list of face-to-face meetings, updated regularly.
6. How to become a convenor and help starting a meeting.
7. Information on making a donation to Lifering.
HOW TO USE THIS NING SITE
1. Click here for a list of general guidelines for comment posting, blog posting, forum posting, commenting on others' blog and forum posts, etc.
2. Individuals' "status" messages are editable at the top of individual members' pages.
3. The forum section is for more general discussion posts, while blogs are generally more personal in nature. There's no hard-and-fast division points between the two.
4. Groups may be for things such as particular addictions (like marijuana) within Lifering's support, or for using technology, science, etc. for helping in support and recovery. Discussion, support and focus in groups should be guided by the same principles of recovery support listed in the guidelines above for posting in the general area of this site.
5. Members are free to post videos, podcasts and other audio clips, and photos. There is currently a limit of 20 per day on photo posting.
6. Ning has many "personalization" settings for design of your home page, etc. Play around!
7. Regarding privacy issues, the front page of this site is visible to the public; individual pages, blog and forum posts not listed on the front, etc., are NOT visible to the public.
LIFERING REGIONAL WEBSITES
URLs for regional websites below are clickable hyperlinks
LIFERING INTERNATIONAL WEBSITES
URLs for international websites below are clickable hyperlinks
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Kellam Scott replied to gayle's discussion What Strengths Have You Gained from Overcoming Addiction? in the group Serious Support for Any Addiction"In the ten months since my drinking days ended I have gained a ton. I've reconected with myself. Even through the ups and downs of marijuana abuse that followed. I gained, as Steve said "perspective". I'm now able to look back…"
JeffK left a comment for linda thomas"Welcome here Linda! :-) You found the chat room and online meetings already, there are also email lists and another forum at the links on the left!"
JeffK left a comment for Margaret A. Leary"Welcome Margaret! I don't think there are any face-to-face lifering meetings near you (I know Ann Arbor well BTW), but there is a lot here at lifering.ning, including lots of input from folks who've felt the same way. :-) There…"
Plain old Steve left a comment for Andrew Jones"OK, Andrew, I used to live in Navasota, so I know where that Pinehurst is, and have been through it. But, Wiki lists the other one, near Beaumont, as well."
Plain old Steve replied to gayle's discussion What Strengths Have You Gained from Overcoming Addiction? in the group Serious Support for Any Addiction"Perspective and clarity, per Jeff. Better able to "face myself"? More ability to muddle through life, I guess."
Plain old Steve left a comment for Jeanne Roe"Welcome here and congrats on 60 days. Tell us more about how you're doing it. And, since you're moving away from an area with LR meetings, feel free to get involved here, the online meeting room and more."
Mike Vandeveer posted a blog postSuggested Reading
Check out Frederick Exley's "A Fan's Notes" (Vintage, $16) Here's what This Week magazine's book list had to say about it: "If you want to know how it feels to be an active alcoholic, read this "fictional memoir." Exley had a gift for describing his own insanity. The ugliness and stupidity of his alcoholism are mitigated only the the great work of art a Fan's Notes becomes.See More
JeffK replied to Plain old Steve's discussion Online meeting topic: One person you've never forgiven"Hi Gayle, yes, that's kinda how I look at it now - no one was malicious, and everyone did the best they could. :-) There are four relationships that were trashed in my drinking days, and these friends are two of them - the others are my…"
JeffK replied to gayle's discussion What Strengths Have You Gained from Overcoming Addiction? in the group Serious Support for Any Addiction"Hi Gayle, excellent topic! :-) I guess I can think of a few strengths that I've gained or shored up through the recovery process, so far:
1) Serentity. The word sounds 12-steppy and as you know I am not one of…"
gayle replied to gayle's discussion What Strengths Have You Gained from Overcoming Addiction? in the group Serious Support for Any Addiction"humility (at first confused this for humiliation but then figured out the difference.)the ability to tell the truth, be seen, accepted, which = feeling lovedcompassion for myself and a greater empathy for othersdiscipline VS hedonismThe ability to…"
gayle replied to Plain old Steve's discussion Online meeting topic: One person you've never forgiven"sounds like everyone was doing the best they could with the knowledge they had. I am so glad you will be spending some time with them. I've cleaned up a few situations similar and it was such a relief. Just tell the truth about yourself.…"
gayle added a discussion to the group Serious Support for Any Addiction
What Strengths Have You Gained from Overcoming Adddiction?
"If we change within,our outer life will change also."Jean Shinoda Bolen(20th-century American writer)See More
JeffK left a comment for Andrew Jones"Hi Andrew, yes, lots of parts of the world have no face-to-face options other than AA meetings. If that was the only option I'd personally go just for fellowship, you don't have to swallow the philosophy to benefit from that…"
Lisa left a comment for Andrew Jones"Sorry my post locked... I've also read a bunch of memoirs. Dry was excellent, but he gets sober going to AA meetings. Not a lot of god talk however and he is a fabulous, honest writer. Anyway welcome and hope to see you at a meeting online!"
Lisa left a comment for Andrew Jones"Hi Andrew, Welcome! I really get the need for F2F as there aren't any in my area either but I regularly attend the online meetings and that has been key to my sobriety. There are two other books (not Lifering specific) that were really helpful…"
Plain old Steve left a comment for Andrew Jones"Pinehurst, as in near Beaumont? I had to Google cuz I hadn't heard of it, and I'm not too familiar with that part of Tejas. Welcome here."
JeffK left a comment for Andrew Jones"Welcome Andrew! :-) There's a lot here at lifering.ning, activity waxes and wanes but there's always a lot to read. There is a link to online meetings in the chat room on the left, there are meetings most days and chat available…"
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Posted by Mike Vandeveer on May 24, 2012 at 9:03am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Check out Frederick Exley's "A Fan's Notes" (Vintage, $16) Here's what This Week magazine's book list had to say about it: "If you want to know how it feels to be an active alcoholic, read this "fictional memoir." Exley had a gift for describing his own insanity. The ugliness and stupidity of his alcoholism are mitigated only the the great work of art a Fan's Notes becomes.
Note from the Annual Meeting
Posted by Craig Whalley on May 19, 2012 at 1:18pm 0 Comments 1 Like
A member of LifeRing asked me to post this note here about the recently held Annual Meeting. She wrote:
Hi, all. The conference is over; the delegates have gone home, but I am left with an overwhelming sense of gratitude! This was a wonderful opportunity to put faces to names. I believe we, as members, tend to forget that behind the web page, publications, chat and e-mail groups, and face to face mtgs, are numerous folks whose passion, dedication, and hard work ensured that there…
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The Last Gift
Posted by gayle on May 17, 2012 at 10:00am 3 Comments 1 Like
It is the image in the mind that links us to
our lost treasures; but it is the loss that
shapes the image, gathers the flowers, weaves
the garland.
_ Colette, My mothers house
The Last Gift
I married at the age of 20 back in 1990. The marriage lasted 10 years. Impressive, considering how very young and unclear about life I was at that age. After the wedding my mother sent my wedding gown away to a cleaners in San Francisco…
Disillusioned with medical support groups
Posted by JeffK on May 16, 2012 at 10:26pm 6 Comments 2 Likes
For the past year I've been attending a weekly support group meeting at a local medical treatment facility, the place where I sobered up in '10. I found it to be valuable particularly early on, when I was still dealing with occasional triggers and trying to find my way through early recovery, mostly because it was a familiar place with a familiar convenor who I knew from my sobering-up period, and because the convenor is very good and is a professional with a lot of valuable experience. …
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Major frustration. Can't get into chatroom. I keep getting bounced around, back and forth between screens, never getting to where I want to go. So I guess that's it with Lifering. The powers that…
Posted by kathy l on April 30, 2012 at 6:41pm 2 Comments 0 Likes
Major frustration. Can't get into chatroom. I keep getting bounced around, back and forth between screens, never getting to where I want to go. So I guess that's it with Lifering. The powers that be have changed it so much I can't even get in. Not too good, people. I know we had some problems before, but it was still a hell of a lot better than it is now. So I take my adieu of you, with regret. I will miss the people I used to know. As always, I am on my own, with no help from…
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Posted by Mike Vandeveer on April 30, 2012 at 10:30am 0 Comments 0 Likes
I'd like to share a few thoughts about my experience with LifeRing meetings over the past three weeks, going into four, of sobriety.
Overall, the meetings been extremely helpful to me since, like many others, I sought a secular approach to sobriety. At my very first meeting, the convenor read the LifeRing meeting "guidelines" to the group before starting the meeting (there were a few newcomers, like me, who weren't familiar with the meeting "format"). The emphasis was on sharing…
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