Awake to Wisdom Home Buddhist Blog of Everyday Dharma Edo Shonin & William Van Gordon The Buddhist Blog Start Now: Accept Personal Responsibility / My Notes / Collaborators / Summary Digital Dharma However, I was rather taken with the idea of Discovery Place (DP), after I twisted my head around what I now consider to be irrelevant 8th Tradition issues. (See the afterword.) Since I have contacts in the Nashville area I was able to reach out and learn that DP is well-regarded in the recovery community, and so I figured I’d make this exception to my rule. I’ll let Bill explain it: Discovery Place opened its doors in 1997 as a recovery/spiritual retreat for men battling drug addiction and alcoholism. Founded by two men with long-term sobriety in Alcoholics Anonymous, Discovery Place formulated programs around the principles contained in the Big Book. Place. So, that’s that, and hopefully someone will find their program interesting and perhaps useful. Now, a word about the 8th Tradition issues. All of the above being the case, I am not going to host a forum on 8th Step issues here.
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