Refuge Recovery Weekly Meeting Coeur d'Alene

4465 North 15th Street,Coeur d'Alene ID 83815

21 July, 2022

Description

Ongoing meetings open to anyone interested in a recovery program that does not ask anyone to believe anything, only to trust the process & do the hard work of recovery. Refuge Recovery is a a path to healing addiction & the suffering caused by addiction. The main inspiration & guiding philosophy for the Refuge Recovery program are the teachings of Siddhartha (Sid) Gautama. Through his own efforts & practices he came to understand why human beings experience & cause so much suffering. He referred to the root cause of suffering as “uncontrollable thirst or repetitive craving.” This “thirst” tends to arise in relation to pleasure, but it may also arise as a craving for unpleasant experiences to go away, or as an addiction to people, places, things, or experiences. This is the same thirst of the alcoholic, the same craving as the addict, & the same attachment as the codependent. Eventually, Sid came to understand & experience a way of living that ended all forms of suffering. He did this through a practice and process that includes meditation, wise actions, & compassion. Sid became known as the Buddha, and his teachings became known as Buddhism. The Refuge Recovery program has adapted the core teachings of the Buddha as a treatment of addiction. We hope you join us for for our weekly meeting. contact info: [email protected] https://refugerecoverymeetings.org/locations/unity-spiritual-center-of-north-idaho-2