Transcending Hell, Manifesting a Zen Spiritual Path in Recovery from Addiction and Alcoholism Quotes

“They understood me. Not just the alcoholism, but the being I am who happens to have alcoholism. For that distinction alone, I am forever in their debt.”
― Taiyu John Robertson, Transcending Hell, Manifesting a Zen Spiritual Path in Recovery from Addiction and Alcoholism

“In ancient India, they were called Pretas, or hungry ghosts.   Nowadays we call them alcoholics and drug addicts.   We’re all in some sense hungry ghosts.”
― Taiyu John Robertson, Transcending Hell, Manifesting a Zen Spiritual Path in Recovery from Addiction and Alcoholism