Comments on: A Review of the 12-Step Buddhist by Scott Leiker, M.Ed. http://the12stepbuddhist.com/a-review-of-the-12-step-buddhist-by-scott-leiker-med In stores now! Integrating Buddhism and 12-Step recovery from all addictions. Meditations, reviews, tips and more at the12stepbuddhist.com Sat, 29 Oct 2011 17:13:09 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: DaveHotei http://the12stepbuddhist.com/a-review-of-the-12-step-buddhist-by-scott-leiker-med/comment-page-1#comment-44 DaveHotei Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:11:00 +0000 http://the12stepbuddhist.com/?p=616#comment-44 I'm about half-way through the 12 Step Buddhist, and it really fills a gap for me. I like the blunt style, the "get over it" approach, and the advocacy for being able to choose our own version of a higher power without having to conform to the Judeo-Christian view. I know people in the program who are agnostics, atheists, Buddhist, and pagan. It leaves me a little cold and left out to finish every meeting with "Our Father...". Wouldn't it be nice to have a meeting for the non-Christians? AAA --> Alchoholics Anonymous for Agnostics, for example, where I wouldn't feel like a misfit among the misfits. I really like this book, and the integration of Buddhism and 12 step is a wonderful blend, each complementing the other in ways that can save lives. I wanted to write this book myself, but thank you for beating me to it, Darren. I’m about half-way through the 12 Step Buddhist, and it really fills a gap for me. I like the blunt style, the “get over it” approach, and the advocacy for being able to choose our own version of a higher power without having to conform to the Judeo-Christian view. I know people in the program who are agnostics, atheists, Buddhist, and pagan. It leaves me a little cold and left out to finish every meeting with “Our Father…”. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a meeting for the non-Christians? AAA –> Alchoholics Anonymous for Agnostics, for example, where I wouldn’t feel like a misfit among the misfits.

I really like this book, and the integration of Buddhism and 12 step is a wonderful blend, each complementing the other in ways that can save lives.

I wanted to write this book myself, but thank you for beating me to it, Darren.

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