Refuge Recovery: A Buddhist-Inspired Path to Overcoming Addiction

Charles S Guarino: Everyone should read this book. It’s a great way to keep you balanced in your life. And to
heal from past events by giving your tools you might not have learned before.

Life will have ups and downs. That just life. It’s how we accept that and deal with both that makes the difference.

We will be get out of sorts at time. And we have to deal with an imperfect world with imperfect people. How we get through that has more to do with us and our own house then expecting them to change.

See if you can find a local meeting we’re people read discus and mediate together. If there isn’t one you can take the initiative to start one yourself.

Four agreements is another great book to check yourself in any situation.

If we all put in a little more work on cleaning our own houses. There will be more clean houses to share with each other.

United States on Nov 14, 2023

Aron Fletcher: Life changing
Simple yet deep
Be ready
It’s for a complete psychic experience and…
I’ll let the people decide

United States on Nov 09, 2023

Kate D Nash: Great recovery book. Easy to read and comprehend without coming across as preachy. Straight Zen approach.
Recommend to those who want a balanced philosophy to their sobriety program

United States on Nov 07, 2023

theunderdawg: I have read this book several times. It has helped me w my anxiety from PTSD. It offers a path to living your best life.

United States on Jul 22, 2023

Shannon: If you’re struggling with substance use and don’t find AA or NA a good fit for you, try this book. The principals are all about living a mindful life

Canada on Dec 23, 2022

Scarlet kray: Bought for a friend he is made up with it

United Kingdom on May 09, 2021

jer: Noah is a damn tool but this book is great anyway. It was written by a group of people and was supposed to be released without attribution to a particular author (as Noah himself has said in the past) but the publisher demanded Noah attach his star power.

The wisdom inside is mostly just ancient Buddhist philosophy and not the work of any one person. The design of the Buddhist wisdom into a modern addiction program was done by a group of people who worked together to o vent their meeting format and their simplifications of the four noble truths and eightfold path into a treatment program.

If you are trapped with addiction this book can really help you, as can the Refuge Recovery meetings that happen all over North America as well as the online meetings every day.

Canada on May 10, 2019

Leonardo Vazquez Najera: A very good approach to address addiction and recovery from a Buddhist perspective. Simple and down to earth, yet powerful advise

Mexico on May 09, 2017

gez: Brought this book on recommendation.we like the structure of the recovery model we are starting our first meeting in Oxford UK. I have been involved in 12 step groups for years, I feel this compliments the 12 steps. But also give people an alternative.

United Kingdom on Feb 24, 2016

Amazon Customer: Great book. Interesting to read the scope of the reviews. Is the book perfect? No, but it's very good. Would I have done things in a different order? Yes, probably. Is it the 12 steps reworked? Definitely not, but the Dharma and the 12 Steps naturally share some core principles. Is it better than the Big Book? ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY. It's clearly filled a void for a lot of people, myself included, and I'm grateful for it. The fellowship is spreading, and later this month we're starting a meeting in our area. If you have any interest in meditation and/or Buddhist principles being integrated into your or a loved one's recovery, this is simply a must read. Get involved. Create the community you seek. If your're reading this and you're stuck in hell, there is a way out my friend, but you have to take a step in the right direction. This can be that. Be well.

United States on Feb 06, 2016