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Daily Archives: July 29, 2012
Spirituality Vs Religion
I notice that a lot of people these days describe themselves as spiritual rather than religious. I’ve always been suspicious of spirituality. I’ve always had contempt for most people who talk about it. Spirituality has usually struck me as cheap … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Personal
Tagged cheap grace, external demands, intellectual demands, orthodox jew, orthodox judaism, time demands
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Filling That Big Hole Inside
From TheFix: Find me a woman who hasn’t been 13th stepped—successfully or unsuccessfully—and I’ll show you a post-menopausal nun or a tragic case of facial acne. Old-timers have been seducing newcomers ever since Bill Wilson started the tradition in the … Continue reading
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Sexual Predators At AA Meetings
I’ve noticed that many addicts, be it to alcohol or drugs or porn, can get sober through 12-step meetings but turn quickly into sexual predators when given half a chance. There’s no good thing that can’t be perverted. Not Orthodox … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Addiction
Tagged aa meetings, orthodox judaism, sexual predators, smoking cigarettes, step meetings, trench coats
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Shais Taub – The Recovery Rabbi
Rabbi Shais Taub tells TheFix: Addicts have the existential pain many of us do, but they feel it more acutely. Normal people have the luxury of being able to live in a state of spiritual laxity and get away with … Continue reading
Under-Earners Anonymous
A lot of people call me a f***-up. One woman I dated called me a chronic under-achiever. I’ve never earned more than $50,000 in a year. From TheFix: For those eye-rolling readers ready to dismiss compulsive under-earning as yet another … Continue reading
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