A couple of weeks ago a reader from my blog wrote to me saying that he wanted to start in Buddhism and zazen to help him overcome a cocaine addiction.

I have helped people to find out about Buddhism, I have listened to all kinds of problems like jealousy or people who are curious about zazen, but I have no idea how to help a drug addict from a Buddhist perspective.

I gave him some pointers on how to start sitting but I think he needs a little more than that to really start recovering.

Any insight you can share?

Thanks!