Recovery in the Zone

RITZ Pocket Reference

SITZ 4th Step Guide

History:

In November 2005, five friends in the Program talked about starting a lunch time meeting at the newly opened Lodestar Day Resource Center on the Human Services Campus. Each would take care of the meeting on a different weekday. They decided to call the meeting Recovery-In-The-Zone (RITZ) which was held daily at 11:45 a.m. in the Community Bridges classroom. In spring of 2006, the meeting expanded to 7 days a week. Then, in April 2008, the 11:45 a.m. meeting was moved to the current location of The New Arid Club. Shortly thereafter, the Group saw the need for an early morning meeting, and Sunrise-In-The-Zone was started, along with other meetings. Today, RITZ sponsers 22 meetings a week at The New Arid Club, including three daily meetings, a Big Book Step Study (Steps-In-The-Zone) three days a week, six rush hour meetings, a monthly Birthday/Speaker meeting, and weekly ladies meeting. The Recovery-In-The-Zone Group’s primary purpose is to carry the message of hope to alcoholics suffering in The Zone.