Vince Cullen is an ex-alcoholic who has worked in association with the Wat Thamkrabok monastery in Thailand and Buddhist-oriented drug and alcohol recovery since 1998.

Vince founded and has facilitated Fifth Precept Sangha meditation-for-awakening Sit-and-Share meetings in England, Scotland, Ireland, India, Nepal, Thailand and the USA as part of his ongoing teaching of Hungry Ghost Retreats. He is a board member of the Buddhist Recovery Network and a keynote speaker at Buddhist Recovery Summits.

Vince has completed both the Committed Dharma Practitioner and Advanced Practitioner programmes offered by Gaia House in England. He has also completed the Mindfulness Teachers Development Programme offered by Bodhi College in Switzerland and the UK.

Vince has taken temporary ordination as a monk twice in the unique Buddhist tradition practiced at Wat Thamkrabok monastery in Thailand. He was formerly a Buddhist Prison Chaplain in both male and female prisons in the UK.

Hungry Ghost Retreats: https://hungryghostretreats.org/

The RAFT to Freedom book and program: https://raft2freedom.org/