I have a lot of experience with addiction, both personal and professionally.
In my job, I am in contact with many drug and alcohol addiction treatment workers. And I've been thinking about recommending integrating buddhist ideas and, perhaps more importantly, buddhist practice in drug and alcohol treatment programs. I think that introducing buddhism, both on a philosophical level and as practice could be a great help for a lot of addicts. This has to be done properly, with competent teachers and it has to be voluntary.
Compare buddhism to AA/NA ideology (just a few examples):
AA/NA etc: externalized power...
Buddhism: internalized power
AA/NA etc: dogmatic...
Buddhism: non dogmatic
AA/NA etc: "you can get sober, but you won't get rid of the disease"...
Buddhism: "you can be free/get rid of the disease of suffering"
Does anybody heard of addiction treatment facilities trying to incorporate buddhism in their treatment?
Asked by Mr. Concept
(2683 rep)
Nov 26, 2015, 03:34 PM
Last activity: Apr 10, 2019, 10:15 PM
Last activity: Apr 10, 2019, 10:15 PM