Tom B - My Path to a Meditation Practice: 20 Years of Struggle - Meeting 29

<p>Tom B will be our speaker today.  His chosen topic is “My path to a meditation practice: 20 years of struggle.”</p><p>Guest Intro and Bio:  </p><p>Tom B. is a member of AA with a sobriety date of 5/20/85.  He has also been a member of Alanon since 5/95.  He is active in the program working the steps with a sponsor and sponsoring others.  He started a non-profit called “Transformations in Recovery” to bring evidence based curriculum to treatment centers and has been active on boards of conferences and treatment centers.  His current passion is working with Father Bill W, a past guest speaker on Reco12, to bring Two Way Prayer to people in recovery.<br/><br/>Links to items mentioned in Tom&apos;s presentation:<br/><br/><a href='https://insighttimer.com/'>https://insighttimer.com</a></p><p><a href='https://storiesofrecovery.org/SandyB.htm'>https://storiesofrecovery.org/SandyB.htm</a></p><p><a href='https://www.twowayprayer.org/'>https://www.twowayprayer.org</a></p><p><a href='https://unyte.com/'>https://unyte.com</a></p><p><a href='https://aa-audio.s3.amazonaws.com/Workshops/2007-12-10+Far+Corners+Retreat+2007+-Sandy+B+(Tampa,+FL)/FC2007+-+Companion+Reading+List.pdf'>https://aa-audio.s3.amazonaws.com/Workshops/2007-12-10+Far+Corners+Retreat+2007+-Sandy+B+%28Tampa%2C+FL%29/FC2007+-+Companion+Reading+List.pdf</a><br/><br/>I first want to express my hopes and wishes for a very healthy and happy 2021 to all.  Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting.  We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few.  We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.  We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom meeting, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes.  Then, we, the live audience, ge