Addiction and Recovery

How do we thrive and prosper through adversity? Resilient people seem to have one thing in common: an unconditional reverence and respect for existence, for Life, for Reality. This reverence […]

One of the ways that we harm ourselves and others is by judging. Judging is an instinctive but unhelpful mental habit that poisons our capacity to love. When we do […]

Frustration, resentments, regrets, fear, and negativity poison our well-being. Learn to let go to prevent unnecessary suffering. How do you let go? First see the cost of wanting to change […]

I tend not to use the word “Relapse” anymore because it implies that readdicting is an all-or-nothing phenomenon. In reality, people return to addicting to varying degrees. It is more […]

Refuge recovery is a Buddhist approach to recovery following the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism 1. Life involves suffering. 2. Suffering is due cravings. Or rather to our addiction to […]

What is SMART Recovery? SMART (Self Management And Recovery Training) Recovery is a self-empowering addiction mutual help program. It is the most widely available of the non-12-step group. It has […]

Total Recovery is something we hopefully work to achieve and maintain our entire lives. When you are in Total Recovery, you are: 1. Not addicting in any way. You have […]

We live in a Universe of paradox and polarities, conflicts and contradictions: • Light vs. dark • Good vs. evil • Creation vs. destruction • Life vs. death • Order […]