Eric Rainbeau is a Buddhist practitioner, facilitator of a weekly Heart of Recovery program at the Shambhala St. Petersburg Center, the author of Basic Sobriety: Shambhala Buddhism and the Twelve Steps and Recovery Lojong. Through the Twelve Steps, the fellowship of AA, and the Shambhala teachings he has “recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body” to be living a life greater than he ever imagined.