The 12-Step Buddhist Podcast

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The Joy of Living: Don't Miss the Bliss

The Joy of Living: Don't Miss the Bliss The 12-Step Buddhist Podcast Episode 112 How do we connect with the joy of living, even when it's not so easy? Discussion of Dha

Dec 31 2023
27 min

Humility as Medicine: How to Overcome Arrogance

Suffering as Compassion, Humility as Medicine: How to Overcome Arrogance The 12-Step Buddhist Podcast Episode 111 from Dodrupchen Jigme Tenpe Nyima, "Dropping the At

Dec 10 2023
24 min

Appreciating the Now: How to Train Our Minds to Feel Better

It's well understood in the recovery community that an attitude of gratitude isa potent antidote to much of what ails us addicts in recovery. We all know how to make our

Dec 2 2023
17 min

Genghis Khan or Thich Nhat Hanh - How Do We Respond in Recovery?

The 12-Step Buddhist Podcast Episode 109 We're often told that what happens may be out of our control, but how we respond is up to us. That's easy for regulated people

Nov 18 2023
17 min

Psychedelic Sobriety: Is the Use of Psychedelics a Relapse in Recovery?

What is the nature of our relationship to psychedelics? As people in recovery, we've probably abused them at one time or another. Some people have taken mass overdoses an

Nov 10 2023
23 min

Surrender to the Now: Get Grounded in Recovery

Surrender to the Now: Get Grounded in Recovery The 12-Step Buddhist Podcast Episode 107 The famous now is where we want to be. But wanting gets us nowhere. The root of

Nov 4 2023
22 min

Life on Life's Terms: Acceptance in Recovery

Life on Life's Terms: Acceptance in Recovery The 12-Step Buddhist Podcast Episode 106 "And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it i

Oct 29 2023
22 min

How to Be a Flimsy Reed

"We sought escape with all the desperation of drowning men. What seemed at first a flimsy reed, has proved to be the loving and powerful hand of God. A new life has been

Oct 20 2023
20 min

Mindfully Manic; How to Keep Your Head as a Buddhist in Recovery

Mindfully Manic; How to Keep Your Head as a Buddhist in Recovery The 12-Step Buddhist Podcast Episode 104 Sutra of Golden Light: Chapter 6 on Emptiness conclusion Upd

Oct 1 2023
26 min

What is a Buddhist Higher Power and/or How Do Buddhists in Recovery Pray?

What is a Buddhist Higher Power and How Do Buddhists in Recovery Pray? The 12-Step Buddhist Podcast Episode 103 Sutra of Golden Light: Chapter 6 on Emptiness cont. Le

Sep 22 2023
26 min

Stabilizing Our Recovery with Dharma Practice

Stabilizing Our Recovery with Dharma Practice The 12-Step Buddhist Podcast Episode 102 Sutra of Golden Light: Chapter 6 on Emptiness Dharma has to help, otherwise it

Sep 15 2023
28 min

Addiction and Trauma: A Basis for the Practice of Recovery

Addiction and Trauma: A Basis for the Practice of Recovery The Dysregulated Addict: Finding Spiritual Regulation Series Pt. 6 The 12-Step Buddhist Podcast Episode 101

Sep 3 2023
24 min

ACES High - Mindful Heart: Mindfulness for Addicts with ACEs

The Dysregulated Addict: Finding Spiritual Regulation Series Pt. 5 The 12-Step Buddhist Podcast Episode 100 Part 5: Mindfulness for Addicts with ACEs The Impact of

Aug 13 2023
20 min

Calming the Fires - Allostatic Load, Window of Tolerance

Calming the Fire Alarms - Allostatic Load, Window of Tolerance The Dysregulated Addict: Finding Spiritual Regulation Series Pt. 4 The 12-Step Buddhist Podcast Episode 0

Aug 4 2023
20 min

Balancing Our Nervous System - The CNS and Stress

Balancing Our Nervous System - The CNS and Stress The Disregulated Addict: Finding Spiritual Regulation Series Pt. 3 Happy First Turning of the Wheel of Dharma Day The

Jul 22 2023
20 min

The Dance of the Nervous System - Sympathetic and Parasympathetic

The Disregulated Addict: Finding Spiritual Regulation Series Pt. 2 The 12-Step Buddhist Podcast Episode 097 Episode 2: The Dance of the Nervous System - Sympathetic an

Jul 7 2023
18 min

The Dysregulated Addict: Finding Spiritual Regulation in Recovery Series Pt. 1

Do you get distressed easily in sobriety? You may have a disregulated nervous system. If so, it's important to not compare your insides with anyone else's outsides. In Co

Jul 1 2023
28 min

Into the Fire; How to Transform Experience into Dharma

Everything is the path to enlightenment. The ground is everywhere. We can't step anywhere exept deeper into Teaching. More authentically into practice. As the smo

Jun 23 2023
28 min

Curbing the Dharma Ego

What is ego, and how does it affect our practice as Buddhists in Recovery? When we practice Dharma, are we taking refuge in our identity, apparently concrete and perma

Jun 9 2023
24 min

Taking Refuge in Compassion

To empower ourselves into a trajectory beyond suffering we must clearly understand our condition. How to arrive at this understanding, and then integrate this real, non-a

Jun 3 2023
21 min

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I really love this podcast, its straight to the point without all the blah blah nonsense that so many so called spiritual and self help podcasts have. Thankyou so much for these Darren!

Deepak Dasa · Jun 2025

I am a recovering addict who tried 12step programs in the beginning of my sobriety. I felt as though it wasn't for me. After listening to Darren's podcast, I began to realize that many of the fundamentals of Buddhism can be integrated into this recovery process. Furthermore, the message that Darren conveys has little nuggets of wisdom for anybody who faces struggles in their lives, not just addicts. Darren comes from the heart. You get a genuine sense that he truly care about anyone who listens. Thanks for your wisdom, Darren. You are truly doing the work of a Bodhisattva!!!

Kit2024 · May 2010

This interview was very enlightening on how addictions effect the brain chemistry and how spiritual practices can help restore some of the damage created by those addictive behaviors. I highly reccomend everyone to listen this who wants more insight into why addicts of any kind constantly repeat self destructive behaviors. I truly belive as an addict it is vital for me to gain as much knowledge of my disease as possible so I can icrease my chances of freeing myself from the bondage of addiction.

Zendre · Jan 2009

After reading excerpts from the book, I just now listed to Episode 001 of the podcast. The 12 Step Buddhis is a fresh synthesis of 12-stepping and Buddhism that can be profoundly helpful to anyone struggling with addiction to anything--a substance, a set of bad habits, a person or any other object of attachment. I urge listeners to read the book, and readers to check out the podcast. Then put the 12 Step Buddhist tools into practice.

Bodhishanti · Jul 2008

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