Refuge Recovery Los Angeles

05/17/2024

This year is the 10th anniversary of Refuge Recovery! At this year's annual conference, June 14-16, we will gather in the Santa Cruz CA mountains. The schedule will be a mixture of Refuge meetings, meditations, discussion (a little business) and activities. We will dine together, meditate together, and have some fun together. It is our yearly chance to gather with the greater community and connect to deepen our experience of recovery in our growing community.

Please join us for the weekend at the annual celebration of our program. On Saturday night we will have a private screening of a 20-30 minute version of GETTING FREE, the upcoming feature documentary about Refuge Recovery.

Be ready to hike, swim, meditate, karaoke and chill by the campfire.

Here's the link to register:

https://www.refugerecovery.org/store/refconx

04/26/2024

We hope to spend a fun weekend with as many of you as possible June 14-16 for the 10th annual Refuge Recovery conference in beautiful Santa Cruz! This will be a historic occasion as we mark the first decade of the first Buddhist-oriented recovery program ever. See link below. Please note that scholarships are available. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. The only danger of being turned away is if you don't sign up in time to secure a space! Carpools from LA are also being organized. The conference will include a private screening of a 20-30 minute version of GETTING FREE, the upcoming full-length documentary film about Refuge. The film is narrated by Peter Coyote, with special guest Ajahn Amaro. The "stars" of the movie include several members of our LA sangha, as well as RR peeps from around the country and the world.

P.S. This is not a silent retreat! Talking and laughing and having fun are not only allowed, but required!

https://www.refugerecovery.org/store/refconx

12/12/2022

07/24/2022

NASA has just announced that one of the galaxies thought to be photographed by the James Webb Space Telescope was actually the Venice Red Umbrella meeting of Refuge Recovery.

07/10/2022

What a beautiful refuge recovery meeting this morning on Venice Beach. So many wonderful, caring people. 9am every Saturday morning, near the ocean past Rose Avenue. Look for the red umbrella!

01/01/2022

What a wonderful way to start the New Year! Our 9am Venice Beach Red Umbrella 1meeting this morning. Have a happy, sober, and clean 2022, y'all!

08/22/2021

New in-person meeting at Topaz Beach! Follow the stairs down to beach and head to the left in front of restrooms. Look for the red umbrella. All are welcome 🙏🏼

08/06/2021

Please note new starting times for WEEKDAY morning meetings. They all start at 7:30am now! Refuge Recovery is a free, Buddhist-inspired, non-theistic, peer-led recovery program that does not ask anyone to believe anything, only to follow the process and do the hard work of recovery. This program provides a systematic approach to recovering from all forms of addiction. When sincerely practiced, it can ensure a full recovery and a lifelong sense of well-being and ease. Our understanding is that recovery is a process of healing the underlying conditions that lead to addiction. In Refuge Recovery, we are developing the ability to inhabit the conditions of our present reality, whether pleasant or unpleasant. See www.refugerecovery.org for more information.

07/31/2021

11 weekly in-person Refuge Recovery meetings in LA now. In addition to those listed below, there's the rooftop Hollywood meeting on Wednesdays at 5pm and the DTLA meeting on Sundays at 10:30am at Grand Hope Park. All free, and all are welcome. A Buddhist oriented approach to recovery from addictions of all kinds. See www.refugerecovery.org for details.

06/25/2021

"Refuge Recovery is a free, Buddhist-oriented, non-theistic recovery program that does not ask anyone to believe anything, only to trust the process and do the hard work of recovery. No previous experience or knowledge of Buddhism is required. This program provides a systematic approach to recovering from all forms of addiction. When sincerely practiced, it can ensure a full recovery from addiction and a lifelong sense of well-being and ease. Our understanding is that recovery is a process of healing the underlying conditions that lead to addiction. It is also establishing and maintaining abstinence from the substances and behaviors that we have become addicted to. In Refuge Recovery, we are developing the ability to inhabit the conditions of our present reality, whether pleasant or unpleasant." See www.refugerecovery.org for more information.

06/17/2021

Free, Buddhist-inspired program for recovery from all forms of addiction. Nine weekly in-person recovery meetings in Los Angeles now, with more on the way. All people seeking to end the suffering of addiction are welcome. Please go to www.refugerecovery.org for more info. Here's the current list of LA Refuge Recovery meetings:

Mon. 7:30am “Meditate and Destroy,” 2516 Lincoln Blvd, Venice
Tues. 8:30am Against the Stream, 2516 Lincoln Blvd, Venice
Wed. 7:30am Against the Stream, 2516 Lincoln Blvd, Venice
Wed. 5:30pm “Up on the Roof” 6630 Sunset Blvd, 608 #, 7th Fl.
Thurs. 8:30am,Against the Stream, 2516 Lincoln Blvd, Venice
Thurs. 7:30pm,Against the Stream, 2516 Lincoln Blvd, Venice
Fri. 7:30am Against the Stream, 2516 Lincoln Blvd, Venice
Sat. 9am “Red Umbrella” on the beach, Rose Avenue, Venice
Sun. 10:30am Downtown LA, Grand Hope Park