About us

Do you wish you could control yourself more? Are you prone to addictions or abuse of either substances, or of behaviors like spending, gambling, working, working out, gaming, facebooking (or instagramming or tiktoking), sex, pornography, philandering, or physical or verbal abuse of loved ones? Do cravings and emotions often run your life? This group is for anyone who wants to better control their mind to stop their destructive behaviors.

Social support and classic relapse prevention strategies, such as those advocated by 12-Step groups, will always be the mainstay of many peoples’ recovery. If for some reason these are not sufficient, then more contemplative, age-old strategies relating to mindfulness, self-inquiry and meditation can help set you on a path to greater self-control and happiness.

PLEASE JOIN US if...
--If you can reliably be sober before coming to meetings...
--If you're not too concerned with confidentiality (it's a meetup group, after all)...
--If you're ready to make steady, persistent efforts to improve your situation, and...
--If you've started to see through your shame and self-hatred, and realize
who you REALLY are!!

MINDFULNESS MAKES ALL THAT EASIER. Most all of the “old heads” who have a strong recovery ACHIEVED mindfulness without ever even having heard of it! It was forced upon them unawares. So: imagine the progress you could make if you took an interest in mindfulness or meditation, enough interest to practice them regularly! I’ve never had an addiction problem, but I am in recovery—from life! Suffering cannot be avoided in life, but it can be minimized and sidelined, with--if you work at it--with an underlying joy that few of us realize we possess. I’m a heavy-duty spiritual seeker who’s been involved with yoga, meditation, etc. for 40 years, and 7 years in substance abuse as a counselor. I do dreamwork, teach meditation and other spiritually-related strategies.

For the meetup I offer two things:
--A FREE open Mindful Recovery self-help group. This is different from most recovery groups in four ways:
-- 1) it is not professional (I am not a licensed counselor or therapist)
--2) there is no formal requirement for confidentiality
--3) it is an OPEN group, so people do not necessarily get to know each other, and
--4) attendees may have very different addiction experiences, so that they may
not be able to relate to each other well
Nevertheless, the group is FREE, so if you're the only one who shows up, you get a free session!

The other thing is individual sessions, if you're interested. As a semi-retired, spiritually oriented counselor with addictions experience, I just ask of an offering, $25 or above.

See more about me at davidlowmsphd.com.