A lawyer's life can be
exciting, rewarding, and healthful -- or the stress
can get to you. It's no secret that the legal
profession has an unusually high incidence of
alcohol and drug abuse, depression, and similar
issues. A large percentage of professional discipline cases involve
alcohol and/or other drugs.
Whenever people get more
deeply into alcohol and/or drugs than is comfortable
for them, they begin to think about quitting.
That's a healthy mental exercise. But thinking about quitting and actually doing it,
and sticking with the decision, are two different
things, even for highly intelligent and usually
decisive people like us lawyers.
That's where a LifeRing peer
support group can be helpful. LifeRing peer
support groups are nonjudgmental, confidential,
and supportive gatherings of people who have been
there. Peer support
works, even (or especially) for rugged individualists. After
some time in LifeRing groups, many people credit the
experience with helping them turn their lives
around. They celebrate the day they quit
drinking/using drugs as their personal Independence
Day.
If you are a California
lawyer, judge, or law student who is contemplating the start of a new
chapter in your life, free of drugs and alcohol, and
you want information and support to put your plan
into action; or if you have already stopped
drinking/drugging and want a non-religious support
network, Lawyer's LifeRing is here for you.
Please contact Lawyer's LifeRing via email
(lawyers@lifering.org ) or toll-free at
1-800-811-4142.
The Significant Others of
lawyers or students are also welcome to get in touch
and talk over the options.
What should you expect from
your first contact with Lawyer's LifeRing?
- A conversation with a
California lawyer who used to drink and/or use
drugs and has successfully quit;
- Respect for your
confidentiality and your intelligence;
- On request, information about and
referral to the State Bar's Lawyer Assistance
Program, LifeRing support groups, and chemical dependency treatment
counselors and/or programs.
Lawyer's LifeRing is a
project of LifeRing
Secular Recovery. If you are a California lawyer interested in joining
the Lawyer's LifeRing peer support team, please contact
us: email lawyers@lifering.org or phone
1-800-811-4142.
Watch this space for
information about Lawyer's LifeRing meetings, chats,
and other activities.
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