Mark your calendar for LifeRing fundraiser

Clean & Sober: LifeRing takes a non-12-step approach to addiction support on the Island

First steps of recovery begin with: “How was your week?”

It’s 1976 and, at age 10, Nanaimo native Michael Walsh sneaks his first drink of alcohol out of his parent’s home liquor cabinet. Two years later, he smokes marijuana for the first time and, at age 16, tries cocaine. There’s no single moment Walsh can pinpoint as the start of his addiction — whether it had anything to do with his running away from home at age 13, or encountering sexual abuse during a hitchhiked ride to the ferry — but what started as a desperate attempt to escape turned into a 25-year problem. Read more…

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LifeRing meetings take place every Monday night from 6:45pm-8:00pm at the Fernwood Community Centre.

Mark your calendar for Dry Wit Act II Comedic Variety Show & Silent Auction: a fundraiser for LifeRing. Happening at Metro Theatre on November 16th with Wes Borg, Morgan Cranny, musical guests The New Souls and lots more. Silent Auction starts at 6pm-7:30pm; Showtime starts at 8pm sharp! Already some great donations to bid on including two nights at the gorgeous Middle Beach Lodge in Tofino.

Purchase tickets at http://ticketrocket.org/events/