from Booze to Buddha

from Booze to Buddha


Latest Episodes

055 – Buddhist 12 Step Recovery | Details of My Story
November 15, 2016

AA tradition states to speakers to tell what it was like, what happened and what it's like now. I've been doing that but feel maybe I've been telling it for too long. I questioned a mentor and he helped me see that the story will be told when it's told...

054 – Buddhist 12 Step Recovery | Some of the Scary Details of My Story
November 13, 2016

In today's telling of what it was like I share a story of being held at gun point. I explain that what makes this story frightening is my reaction to the event.

053 – Buddhist 12 Step Recovery | Don’t Judge What’s In Someone’s Cart
November 10, 2016

This one you just gotta listen to, I don't have a short description.

052 – Buddhist 12 Step Recovery | Grow and Plateau
November 08, 2016

The ongoing step one story of my descent into the hell realms.

051 – Buddhist 12 Step Recovery | The Animal Realm
November 07, 2016

My AA Story continues into high school and I use the behavior I witnessed in another to relate to the behavior described in the animal realm for humans. I also relate to my own period within the realm and my behaviors.

050 – Buddhist 12 Step Recovery | If I can you can
November 04, 2016

Episode 50, a cause for celebration! Today though I continue to simply share myself in an open down to earth manner cause I want everyone to see the real me. I believe that the real me is more inspiration than a dressed up me that just shows you my suc...

048 – Buddhist 12 Step Recovery | Habit
November 03, 2016

Habit becomes my character which in turn becomes my destiny and I have shared this before where I believe it all begins with the influences in my life. When I was a kid I had bad influences but after I made the decision to face step one and get clean a...

047 – Buddhist 12 Step Recovery | Animal Realm
November 01, 2016

Buddha teaches that one of the hell realms is the animal realm. In sharing my AA story I relate my early growing addiction to being lost in the behavior of that realm. Revisiting these past stories is a good meditation for me now cause I view them with...

046 – Buddhist 12 Step Recovery | Rebirth
October 31, 2016

In Buddha Dharma I learned about rebirth and the six realms. In today's episode I share my understanding of the six realms of rebirth and how I can relate my story to their meaning.