Recovery Dharma Phoenix has a new virtual meeting starting Tuesday, March 31. The link can be found on the meetings page.

Below is the details on how to join us for the Zoom meeting at 7:30. Please have your Recovery Dharma book any if you have one. A Zoom meeting is a virtual video (optional) and audio meeting. Free Zoom apps are available for both Andriod and iPhone. And free apps are available for Windows and Apple computers. Or you can call in the numbers below. I will be logged in 15 minutes early. If this is your first Zoom meeting please login early to give yourself time to get your software setup (it is rather easy, but may take a few minutes). If the apps are too much simply dial your phone into the numbers below.


Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/686307751Meeting ID: 686 307 751One tap mobile
+16699009128,,686307751# US (San Jose)
+13462487799,,686307751# US (Houston)Dial by your location
+1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
+1 301 715 8592 US
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)
+1 253 215 8782 US
Meeting ID: 686 307 751
Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/acKlA46hj5
​Trevor 

​Recovery Dharma Statement on COVID-19Many members have expressed concern about whether or not to cancel in-person meetings. As a global organization, we encourage local sanghas to make those decisions based on what is best for their community and make those decisions with awareness and compassion. In addition, we do encourage all sanghas, and every member, to exercise care and caution in line with the recommendations of the healthcare community.
 
We have established a new page on our website, found at https://recoverydharma.org/covid-19-information, to give sanghas information about our current global online meetings, as well as guidance on how to set up temporary, sangha-specific, online meetings. 

Attention local Sanghas moving to online platforms or cancelling meetings: You’ll also find a link on our COVID-19 page to a list we’ve created to help members post and find temporary online meetings instead of updating each meeting on the main Meeting List page. Meeting Secretaries- please jump on to this sheet and post your temporary meeting. Everyone – please check this page prior to attending a meeting so that you are not unnecessarily trying to attend a meeting that has temporarily moved online. 
 
Facilitators may consider setting up the room where you meet with more space than usual between chairs and cushions or choosing to spend a bit of meeting dana on hand soap or sanitizer, or asking your meeting host to do so. You may also opt to leave preparations up to the individual. We may find ourselves in positions where we must navigate situations related to people's concern for their physical health. People may appear at meetings in face masks or may sit far from others, a cough may be considered threatening, etc. We note that the atmosphere and events outside of our meetings will affect, as always, what happens in our meetings. Our community is motivated by compassion and safety and the current situation is simply one more opportunity for this practice. 
 
Individuals who choose to attend face-to-face meetings are invited to take care of one another and the communities in which you live by following these guidelines:

• If you have flu-like symptoms, any respiratory discomfort, or are feeling unwell in any way, please DO NOT attend a meeting. Please rest at home, however minor your symptoms may be, and return when you are well.  
• If you may have come into contact with anyone with flu-like symptoms, any respiratory discomfort, or who may be unwell, please DO NOT attend a meeting. This includes people with common cold symptoms.
• Please wash your hands frequently with soap and water for 20 seconds, cover any coughing or sneezing with your elbow and not your hands, and try to avoid touching your face. 
• Please be aware that some people may feel uncomfortable hugging or shaking hands.  

We also ask that members follow the above recommendations if they could have reasonably been exposed to COVID-19 (e.g., by traveling to areas of high risk, having direct contact with someone who may have contracted COVID-19, etc).

We will continue to monitor the virus and will update you if necessary. We want the Recovery Dharma community to be able to practice together, and we also want to emphasize care and safety.
 
Thank you for your efforts to protect the welfare of yourself and others. May we all use this time as an opportunity to strengthen our bond as a community and hold each other with respect and caring. 

Recovery Dharma Global

An update from the Transition Team:

REGISTER TO VOTE for your Recovery Dharma Board of Directors!Everyone who considers themselves a member of Recovery Dharma is eligible to vote for the Board. Just go to https://mailchi.mp/recoverydharma/register and submit your email to be added to the voter rolls (note - you will receive an email verification; please check your Spam folder if it does not arrive in your Inbox). This list will be maintained separately from the Recovery Dharma mailing list—it is not for email contact, just voter registration. 

Voting will be online from January 15 through January 31, 2020. The permanent Recovery Dharma Board of Directors  will be seated in mid-February.

Each voter can choose up to four candidates on their ballot. The candidates with the highest number of votes will be elected to the nine open Board seats, with terms structured so there is overlap: the four top vote getters will have three-year terms, the next four will have two-year terms, and the next (along with the transitional board members who will stay on the Board for continuity) will have a one-year term.

Please spread the word about registering to vote in our meetings.

​Happy New Year!

This Thursday's meeting falls on Thanksgiving and is cancelled with a return to the regular schedule Thursday, December 5th.  In the meantime, if you haven't already, come check out our weekly meetings on Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday nights or our Sunday morning meeting!

MONDAYS
7:00 – 7:20 PM – Newcomer Orientation
7:30 – 8:45 PM
Meeting: Sitting meditation followed by reading, discussion, and sharing.
Creative Living Fellowship
6530 N 7th St  
Phoenix, AZ 85014

TUESDAYS
7:30 - 8:45 PM
Meeting: Sitting meditation, discussion, & sharing. Fellowship
Capstone [Private Office]
1620 N 82nd Place
[Just North of McDowell]
Scottsdale, AZ 85257
[Parking Behind Building]

THURSDAYS
7:30 - 8:45 PM 
Meeting: Sitting meditation, discussion, & sharing. Fellowship
Valley Hope Tempe
Rio Sureno Medical Plaza
2103  E Southern Ave
Tempe, AZ 85282 
 
SATURDAYS 
6:00 PM
Meeting: Sitting meditation, discussion & sharing. Fellowship.
Studio 164
13627 N 32nd St
Phoenix AZ 85032

SUNDAYS
9:00 AM
Meeting: Sitting meditation, discussion & sharing. Fellowship
The River Source
2325 W Guadalupe Rd
Gilbert AZ 85233

There's been a lot of talk lately, maybe too much talk... nah, here's a round up of the last month or so of Refuge Recovery and Recovery Dharma coverage.

From Trike Daily at The Tricycle: Buddha Buzz Weekly: Refuge Recovery Splits
By Karen Jensen and Matthew Abrahams JUL 13, 2019

From Los Angeles Magazine: Noah Levine Blames the #MeToo Movement for the Demise of His Punk Rock Buddhism Empire
By Sean Elder -July 10, 2019

At The Fix: Ben Affleck Clarifies Support For Refuge Recovery's Noah Levine Amid Misconduct Allegations
By Victoria Kim 07/10/19

From TMZ: Exclusive: BEN AFFLECK - MY RECOVERY GURU SAVED MY LIFE 
6/28/2019 3:49 PM PT

Remember, links to the RefCon5 State of the State video, the Recovery Dharma [RD] statement, the first complete draft  of  The Recovery of Dharma - the RD book, and a proposed RD meeting format are all posted in Resources.

See ya in the funny papers...