Reddit reviews Dharma Punx

Refuge Recovery is a Buddhist recovery group with 3 or 4 meetings in Austin weekly. It is for people with any kind of addiction.

RR was started by Noah Levine, he wrote a book about his path from addiction to recovery Dharma Punx. He eventually started Refuge Recovery out of frustration with AA and its dependance on a higher power and how that affected recovery.

RR is adamantly as secular as it can be, while relying on the path that is followed in Buddhism, related to the four noble truths. Belief in reincarnation is not a prerequisite and most people I've met in RR do not believe in it.

Finally, I'll say that most of the people I met during my time in RR were pretty cool. They are stubborn in their resistance to AA and any kind of submissive rehab, but they have been through enough suffering to know they need a group of like-minded people. Give it a try. I only wish I'd written sooner so you could possibly make the 8:30pm meeting tonight.

Meetings here: http://www.refugerecovery.org/meetings-in/texas/

First off, I'd just like to say sorry for all your troubles. Secondly, I read a book once that might help you somewhat. It's called Dharma Punx. Long story short - the guy lived a pretty bad life and was doing hard drugs by the age of 13 and tried killing himself at 17(maybe 18, it's been a few years since I read it). His father, while he was in lock up, introduced him to Bhudism and meditation. He's stated that it helped him out a lot, maybe meditation might be something that you might want to look into.

If you like Sit Down and Shut up - may I recommend Dharma Punx? Absolutely love that book.

I enjoyed reading Noah Levine's Dharma Punx -the story of how he kicked drugs using meditation -- so much that I've been listening to his 'Against The Stream' dharma talks for years. He's stayed clean now for 20 years. Apparently people in his community have started an alt (or addition) to AA called RefugeRecovery that aims to help people deal with their addictions via buddhism/meditation. It's early days but there might be a group in your area.

You might gain some benefit from reading Dharma Punx by Noah Levine. It's not the be-all, end-all of Buddhism, not by a long shot, but I found it a really easy way to access an intro to Buddhism when I was in a really rough place in life.

Welcome! What sort of hardcore are you into? And looking at your WL, you're a fixed gear biker too?

Also, based on what you said above, you should check out a book called Dharma Punx.

If you enjoyed BHN as much as I did, check out [Dharma Punx(http://www.amazon.ca/Dharma-Punx-Noah-Levine/dp/0060008954).

Street kid junkie becomes Buddhist teacher.