Preface to the second printing
Kevin Griffin, One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps, Rodale Press, Emmaus, PA 2014; Kevin Griffin, A Burning Desire: Dharma God and the Path of Recovery, Hay House, London 2010; Noah Levine, Refuge Recovery: A Buddhist Path to Recovering from Addiction, HarperOne, New York 2014; Valerie Mason-John, Detox Your Heart: Meditations on Emotional Trauma, Wisdom Publications, Somerville, MA 2017.
Foreword by Gabor Maté
The Long Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Digha Nikaya, trans. Maurice Walsh, Wisdom Publications, Boston 1995, p.70.
Sogyal Rinpoche, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, HarperSanFrancisco, San Francisco 1996, p.316.
Introduction
Paramabandhu Groves and Roger Farmer, “Buddhism and Addictions,” Addiction Research & Theory, 2:2 (1994), pp.183–94.
Zindel V. Segal, J. Mark G. Williams, and John D. Teasdale, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression: A New Approach to Preventing Relapse, Guilford Press, New York 2002.
Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta: Setting in Motion the Wheel of Truth, trans. Piyadassi Thera, available at http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn56/sn56.011.piya.html, accessed on September 6, 2013.
Step One: accepting that this human life will bring suffering
M. Scott Peck, The Road Less Travelled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth, Rider, London 2003, p.3.
Pema Chödrön, The Places that Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times, Shambhala, Boston 2001, p.75.
Step Two: seeing how we create extra suffering in our lives
Shinzen Young, “Break through Pain: Practical Steps for Transforming Physical Pain into Spiritual Growth,” available at http://www.shinzen.org/Articles/artPain.htm, accessed on September 6, 2013.
See Dr. Gabor Maté’s best-selling book In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction, Knopf Canada, Toronto 2008.
Jon Kabat-Zinn, Full Catastrophe Living, Delta, New York 1990.
MESS: Acronym first coined by Abe Brown, president of the Certified Coaches Federation.
Step Three: embracing impermanence to show us that our suffering can end
Mark Williams and Danny Penman, Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Finding Peace in a Frantic World, Piatkus, London 2011.
Step Five: transforming our speech, actions, and livelihood
This quote has variously been attributed to the Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu, the late president of BI-LO stores Frank Outlaw, and American essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Interview with Anita Roddick (founder of the international franchise The Body Shop, which produces natural and ethical body products), available at http://www.shareguide.com/Roddick.html, accessed on September 6, 2013.
“On the Meaning of OM MANI PADME HUM: The Jewel Is in the Lotus or Praise to the Jewel in the Lotus,” available at http://enlight.lib.ntu.edu.tw/FULLTEXT/JR-AN/an141056.pdf, accessed on September 6, 2013.
Step Eight: helping others by sharing the benefits we have gained
Dhammapada: The Way of Truth, trans. Sangharakshita, Windhorse Publications, Birmingham 2001, p.13.
The Maranasati Sutta, in The Numerical Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Anguttara Nikaya, trans. Bhikkhu Bodhi, Wisdom Publications, Boston 2012, VI, 20.
The Kalama Sutta, in In the Buddha’s Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon, ed. by Bhikkhu Bodhi, Wisdom Publications, Boston 2005, pp.89–90.
Buddhaghosa, Visuddhimagga: The Path of Purification (traditional commentary, fifth century AD), trans. Bhikkhu Nanamoli, available at http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/nanamoli/PathofPurification2011.pdf, p.272, accessed on September 16, 2013.
Sharon Salzberg, Loving Kindness, Shambhala, Boston 1995, p.18.
Appendix 2: Mindfulness-Based Addiction Recovery (MBAR) Course
Zindel V. Segal, J. Mark G. Williams, and John D. Teasdale, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression: A New Approach to Preventing Relapse, Guilford Press, New York 2002.
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