Buddhist Recovery Network

Eight Step Recovery BIPOC meeting
2025-08-16 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-08-09 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-08-02 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-07-26 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-07-19 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-07-12 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-07-05 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-06-28 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) and 3 more dates
8 Step Recovery Meeting for Black Indigenous People of Color and Black Asian Minority Ethnic
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6794136360?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 679 413 6360
Passcode: brn

Contact: Email- eightstepsrecovery@gmail.com

Keeping Our Joy Alive in Recovery: Mindfulness for Emotional Balance and Inner Clarity - with Kevin Griffin and Vimalasara
2025-08-15 10:00 - 16:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Spirit Rock – Online and In Person, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, 5000 Sir Francis Drake Blvd Box 169, Woodacre, CA, 94973, United States
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Kevin Griffin - Zoom Classes
2025-08-12 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-08-05 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-07-29 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-07-22 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-07-15 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-07-08 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-07-01 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-06-24 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) and 2 more dates
One hour Zoom classes, Tuesdays at 10am Pacific Time. Fridays at 5pm Pacific are now community classes with rotating leaders (except 2nd Fridays which are hosted by Spirit Rock). These classes are casual, drop-in events. We start with 20 minutes of guided meditation, followed by a short talk on Buddhism and recovery. Offer dana through Paypal or Venmo.

Building a RAFT: From Addicted Doctor to Freedom
2025-08-03 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | BRN Academy
BRN Academy with Dr. Cathryn Jacob – August 3, 2025

Cathryn Jacob is a retired medical doctor who has dedicated herself to the study and teachings of Secular Dharma and early Buddhist teachings. Her recovery journey began with the 12-step program, where she became both a sponsor and teacher, but challenges with the concept of a higher power led her to explore alternative paths. This exploration brought her to the transformative teachings of the dharma, eventually focusing on Secular Buddhism through the works of Stephen and Martine Batchelor.

Cathryn has completed advanced studies in Secular Dharma, including a year-long course at Bodhi College and is currently attending the Committed Practitioner Programme. She gained deep insights and practical tools for integrating the dharma into daily life. She is also a meditation instructor and founder of RAFT to Freedom, a secular dharma-inspired addiction recovery group that offers a structured program combining Buddhist teachings and practical skills for overcoming addiction. For more information, please visit raft2freedom.org.

Beyond her dharma work, Cathryn enjoys creative pursuits such as sewing, ceramics, art, and watercolour painting, which bring balance and joy to her life.

Insight Recovery Sangha
2025-07-17 21:30 - 22:45, 2025-06-19 21:30 - 22:45 (America/Los_Angeles)
The Insight Recovery Sangha will meet monthly on Zoom and is for anyone (self-identified) who is working with strong cravings or addictions. We will meditate, hear short dharma talks related to Buddhist teachings and recovery, and share candidly with each other in community. The purpose of this group is to foster community and learn how to apply teachings on mindfulness, compassion and wisdom to our recovery program.
The emphasis will be on how craving causes suffering and how cultivating insight into the nature of craving can greatly ease our suffering, and help us lead more peaceful and contented lives. We have no affiliations with any other organizations and this is not a 12-Step group, although various known addiction recovery modalities may be referred to from time to time.
This group is open to everyone. There is no need to qualify for membership when you introduce yourself to the group. However, we do believe this group will work best for those committed to a life free from substance abuse and harmful addictive behaviors.
The teachers, Walt Opie and Dalila Bothwell, will serve as group facilitators, dharma teachers, and sangha (community) members. Over time, there will be guest teachers, as well.
There is no fee to enroll in the Insight Recovery Sangha. If you would like to support this program or your teachers, you may make an offering within the program platform after you enroll.
Enroll at
ims.dharma.org/courses/insight-recovery-sangha-2025

Recovery Dharma 2025 Sangha Summit - Essential Elements: Exploring the Three Jewels
2025-07-10 - 2025-07-13 | University of Illinois Chicago – UIC West, 828 South Wolcott Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60612, United States

Recovering the Heart: Loving Kindness as a Path to Addiction Recovery
2025-07-06 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Mikey Livid (he/him) is a Buddhist teacher, author, and counselor. Mikey is the guiding teacher at Wild Heart Meditation Center in Nashville, TN. He regularly brings Buddhist meditation classes into addiction treatment centers, prisons, and a variety of settings. Mikey is the author of his upcoming book Blood, Guts, & Buddhism: The Dharma of Horror Movies, Heartbreak, and The Nature of Suffering. Mikey is the co-host of the punk rock, mental health podcast Punks On Hope and is the singer for the punk band The Rip Taylors.
Mikey is a Buddhist teacher who has been empowered to teach in both Theravada and Mahayana traditions through the authorization of Ven. Pannavati Bhikkhuni and Ven. Pannadipa Bhikkhu. Mikey also holds a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology. He integrates these two worlds: the old school Buddhist teachings with new school psychology, in a way to help individuals free themselves from suffering of all kinds.
LINKS:
https://linktr.ee/MikeyLivid
https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org

Metta: Cultivating A Boundless Heart with Gary Sanders
2025-06-21 10:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
A day-long workshop with Gary Sanders of Boundless Heart Dharma hosted by Recovery Dharma Pennsylvania

Saturday, June 21 · 10am – 4pm EDT. Doors at 9:15am

Online: A Verified Kind of Faith – Buddhism & Addiction Recovery with Walt Opie
2025-06-05 18:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
Online: A Verified Kind of Faith – Buddhism & Addiction Recovery
with Walt Opie
Thursday, June 5, 2025 | 6:30pm – 8:30pm ET (via Zoom)
For many of us in recovery from addiction, the word “faith” can conjure up memories of being forced to participate in organized religion or it can feel related to a so-called “higher power.”
When Buddhist teachings refer to faith, it’s different. The Buddha himself discouraged people from acting out of blind faith. Instead, Buddhism describes three ways that faith, or confidence, can manifest or build over time, including: bright faith, verified faith, and unshakeable faith.
According to the well-known teacher Gil Fronsdal, faith in Buddhism is not a belief system but a faculty or a capacity we have that we can develop further. In fact, faith, just like recovery, can be a kind of empowerment. With support from the teachings and others on similar journeys, we learn how to trust our inner wisdom. We gain a new kind of inner confidence.
During this program, we will explore the three different types of faith, as well as how faith in the Buddhist teachings and practices can help keep us on the path of recovery. There will be guided meditation, a dharma talk, and time for sharing and discussion.
Please join us for this special evening of learning to strengthen our inner resources through the Buddhist teachings.

Refcon 2025 - Refuge Recovery Conference
2025-06-05 - 2025-06-08 | Craigville Retreat Center, 39 Prospect Avenue, Centerville, MA, 02632, United States
