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167Bill W., co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous and the related 12-step programsAfter his first TM session: %u201cThis thing works.%u201dA few days later: %u201cI didn%u2019t fully understand the 11th step until I started TM.%u201dAnonymous, co-founder of Marijuana AnonymousTM is an amazing kind of meditation for those in treatment and it works well to help someone in recovery. It%u2019s easy to learn and literally effortless to do. Once you have learned it, you know what you are doing and can feel and see it working. Daily TM is daily practice to quiet the mind. Instead of struggling with the %u201cmonkey mind,%u201d you can feel yourself settle down and go within. After TM, you feel more yourself, intuition is better, and it is easier to make better decisions. It%u2019s given me a lot of equanimity and serenity, not so much during meditation as afterwards. It helps a lot in staying clean.And after the course, you have access to trained professional support on TM anywhere in the world, and for the rest of your life.What about alcohol and cigarettes?Excellent question, since in many countries more than half of violent crimes involve alcohol, and smoking is a huge contributor to poor health.