Last Tuesday Noah Levine paid us a visit at Dharma Punx to announce that Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society is adding an outpatient drug and alcohol recovery center. Anyone interested in getting off or successfully staying off drugs using a Buddhist oriented path to recovery can contact Levine or the center to sign up.
Why resort to a REHAB center that promotes theism when a better alternative exists?
Buddhism is non-theistic, but former Western Buddhist monk Stephen Batchelor (who married a former Buddhist nun), author of Confession of a Buddhist Atheist, is a popular speaker at ATS influencing its outlook on resorting to a better "higher power" than the one one endlessly promoted at ordinary 12-Step programs like Alcoholics Anonymous.
Kevin Griffin, author of A Burning Desire: Dharma, God, and the Path of Recovery, will be hosting a daylong meditation and recovery workshop this month (see below). His approach incorporates Buddhism and the Noble Eightfold Path
Residential Retreats
Classes and Events
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| A Burning Desire |
Drug and Sex Recovery (ongoing)
Meetings are open to all in recovery
Tuesdays 7:30 pm Hollywood (4300 Melrose Ave., LA 90029)
Thursdays 7:30 pm Santa Monica (1001a Colorado Ave., LA, 90401)
Saturdays 6:00 pm Santa Monica
Sundays 7:00 pm Hollywood, Melrose Ave.
Half-day (4 hours) with Michele Benzamin-Miki - May 10, 2014, Hollywood, Melrose Ave.
Melrose to Santa Monica, May 17
May 17, Hollywood, Melrose Ave.
May 18, Hollywood, Melrose Ave.
Daylong with Beth Mulligan and Paul D'Alton, May 25, Santa Monica
Buddhism and the Twelve Steps |
| NEW: 12 Step Workbook |
Daylong with Kevin Griffin, May 31, Hollywood, Melrose Ave.
Hollywood, Melrose Ave., June 7
with Mollie Favour, June 8 and 10
An evening with Denise Di Novi, June 14, Santa Monica
June 28, Hollywood, Melrose Ave.
July 4-6, San Onofre State Beach Melrose Meditations
Meditation and Dharma Talk
Every Wednesday @ 7:30 pm
Connect and Sustain
Every Thursday @ 7:00 pm
Deepening Your Practice
Every Friday @ 7:30 pm
Saturday Afternoon Meditation and Talk
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| Refuge Recovery: A Buddhist Path |
Meditation and Dharma Talk
Every Sunday @ 11:00 am
Community Silent Sit and Meditation
Every Sunday @ 5:00 pm
Recollective Awareness Meditation
Every Monday @ 10:00 am
Silent Morning Sits
Mon through Fri @ 6 am and @ 7 am
Santa Monica Center
Meditation and Dharma Talk
Every Monday @ 7:30 pm
Deepening Your Practice
Every Wednesday @ 7:30 pm
Connect and Sustain
Every Friday @ 7:30 pm
Dharma Den
Every Sunday @ 7:30 pm
Studio City (Valley)
Meditation and Dharma Talk
Every Thursday @ 7:30 pm
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| Author, punk, and Against the Stream co-founder Noah Levine has an inner-meditator who comes out for all to see. It's the punk ethic: going against the way of the world like the Buddha. That means recovery from addictions. Meditate and destroy inner-obstacles (WQ). |
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