Sobriety. We are an abstinence-based organization. Sobriety means abstinence from alcohol and illicit or non-medically indicated drugs. In our meetings, we help one another make sobriety the top priority in our lives. We don't drink or use, no matter what.

Secularity. As our name indicates, we are a secular group, dedicated to providing an alternative to groups which stress supernatural or religious paths to recovery.

Self-Help. We believe that the only people who can really know what a recovering person is going through are people who have been addicted themselves and are working successfully on their own recovery.

While professionals are welcome to attend our meeting as observers, and addicted professionals are welcome to join our groups, our meetings are run by alcoholics and addicts, for the benefit of alcoholics and addicts.

We are an autonomous group, not controlled by any organization or by any institution. By choice, we are affiliated with other LifeRing Secular Recovery groups. We are free to shape our meetings to fit our own needs and wishes.

If you're looking for support with your recovery, we invite you to join us. If our limited meeting schedule does not fit with yours, you may want to consider joining our email support list or online chats (this link will take you to the Unhooked.com chat site operated by LSR).

The following are pointers to some useful online resources:

• The ad hoc national site for LifeRing Secular Recovery is Unhooked.com. It's a lively site, updated regularly, with lots of readings, discussion groups, links to other sites focusing on recovery and secularity, and generally helpful information on addiction and recovery.
  
  
• LifeRing Press has its home page at LifeRing.com. It publishes a small but growing list of books and pamphlets that will be helpful to people who are working to start and run LSR meetings as well as those who are working on their own recovery.
  
  
• Tom Shelley maintains the LSR email list - it's a busy list, with upwards of 20 messages per day, almost all of them interesting, honest, and pertinent to someone working on his or her recovery. To join the list, send an email to Tom at tshelley@verizon.net. (back)