Mindfulness-based recovery circles rooted in dharma inquiry and meditation.
Communities for Recovery runs meditation groups built around recovery. Their main offering, Dharma Recovery Inquiry, is a mindfulness-based circle where participants sit together, meditate, and discuss how contemplative practice fits into staying sober. It's not a 12-step meeting, though people from that world show up. The format borrows from Buddhist inquiry traditions and applies them to addiction and recovery without requiring any particular spiritual belief.
The groups are small and low-key. You sit, you breathe, someone reads a prompt or a passage, and then people talk about what came up. No cross-talk, no advice-giving. The structure keeps things grounded. For people in Austin who want a recovery community that isn't church-based and isn't clinical, this fills a real gap.
Communities for Recovery doesn't sell anything. There's no membership fee, no upsell to a retreat or a coaching package. They show up, hold space for people working through hard stuff, and that's it. The meditation is accessible to beginners and the recovery focus means the room tends to be honest in a way that generic meditation groups sometimes aren't.