12 Steps on Buddha's Path is the extraordinary spiritual journey of a woman once trapped in the downward spiral of alcoholism. Misdiagnosed, Laura Keene was put in a mental hospital and given more than 40 electroshock treatments. Left incapable by the treatments of even speaking a coherent sentence, Keene was released against medical advice and ended up in the back row of an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting where she embraced the 12 Step program and gradually recovered. Yet the black hole inside her remained, until, on a trek in the Himalayas, Keene discovered Buddhism and began a new path on the road to recovery. With humor and grace, this brilliant author shows that the experience, strength, and hope of Alcoholics Anonymous meld seamlessly with Buddha’s teachings of wisdom and compassion.
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LAURA S. wrote 12 Steps on Buddha's Path anonymously, out of deep respect for the 12-Step traditions. Under her real name, she is a well-known Buddhist teacher, a widely-published author, and is active in the meditation and recovery communities
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I have been sober 15 years and this is the best book that I have read to help me incorporate my Buddhist practice and the 12 steps. Thank you! It gave me the motivation to re-do the steps in the perspective of my Buddhist practice and gave me an added incenive to work on my recovery.
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Many inspiring and insightful books have been written about addiction,recovery and the 12 Step program of recovery. A few stand out from the rest. I highly recommend this book to anyone in recovery who is not drawn to the Judeo-Christian approach. Phillip Z. Author of A Skeptic's Guide to the 12 Steps.
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sending lovingkindness, contact with alcohol, sober action, spiritual benefactor, sober speech, wise effort, early sobriety, dependent origination, sense gate, morality teachings, active alcoholism, wise speech, sympathetic joy, mental formations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions by Alcoholics Anonymous on 5 pages
- Insight Meditation: The Practice of Freedom by Joseph Goldstein on page 48, and Back Matter
- Mindfulness in Plain English: Revised and Expanded Edition by Bhante Henepola Gunaratana in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions Trade Edition by Anonymous in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Path of Insight Meditation (Shambhala Pocket Classics) by Joseph Goldstein in Back Matter
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