Joseph Souhrada has been incorporating meditation into his daily recovery practice since 2006. Inspired by the publication of the book Refuge Recovery, Joseph started the first Refuge Recovery meetings in Washington State in 2014. He served on the initial full Refuge Recovery Board from 2018 working to bring stability and focus to Refuge Recovery meetings worldwide. Joseph served as the Executive Director of Refuge Recovery from 2019-2021.

A co-founder of Hungry Ghosts United with Rachael Savage, he has been essential in the creation of the first meditation-based, non-religious recovery society. Joseph is serving as our first Executive Director taking care of day to day to operations and working with our board members on the continuous development of Hungry Ghosts United.