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Dear Treatment
Professional:
When you refer your
patients/clients to LifeRing support groups,
they will find abstinence, peer support,
secularity, and choice.
All LifeRing groups are
based on abstinence. LifeRing does not support
moderation, harm reduction, or controlled
drinking approaches. LifeRing groups include
alcoholics as well as drug addicts without
distinction, just as most modern treatment
programs do.
LifeRing groups provide
peer support. Discussion centers on current life
issues ("how was your week?") and on planning to
meet recovery challenges in the days ahead.
The atmosphere is safe, confidential, positive.
LifeRing groups are
secular. The proportion of church-goers and
others is about the same as in the general
population, but religious belief or disbelief
remains a private matter. Meetings are
free of religious practices and end with a
mutual round of applause.
LifeRing members each
build personal recovery programs. As a
professional, you know that matching the
treatment to the individual is the key to
success. Many LifeRing participants use the
Recovery by Choice workbook as a tool to
build their personal recovery programs.
Experience teaches that
there is more than one road to recovery. The treatment
professional who can
offer patients/clients a choice of recovery pathways enjoys a big therapeutic
advantage. Giving patients a
choice creates client investment, powerfully
enhances motivation, and yields better outcomes. Choice is a
central feature of the modern quality treatment
program.
In the left margin is a
short list of readings that explore the LifeRing
option in more depth. If you would like to
speak with a LifeRing representative in person,
or if you want a LifeRing speaker to address
your patient and/or staff audience, please
contact the LifeRing Service Center. Thank
you.
- Sincerely yours,
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- Martin Nicolaus ("Marty N.")
- CEO
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