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Tag Archives: step meetings
12 Steps – Spirituality In Place Of Reality?
Joe emails: It seems to me that hanging out at 12 step meetings is of diminishing returns for the rational mind. I suppose the first few times you go, you get some rush thinking, wow, it is not just me … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Torah
Tagged criminal acts, drug addict, evil doers, physical weakness, possession of child pornography, step meetings
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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
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Tagged aa meetings, orthodox judaism, sexual predators, smoking cigarettes, step meetings, trench coats
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How Alexander Technique Can Help With Addiction
Throughout my life, I’ve said things to myself such as, “I’ve got to have X or I’ll be unhappy.” I’ve been compulsive. I’ve needed to fill the hole in my soul with some emotional high. Twelve-step programs are great for … Continue reading
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Tagged alexander teachers, Alexander Technique, heavy weights, hole in my soul, step meetings, twelve step programs
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This Week’s Torah Portion – Parashat Ki Tetzei (Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19)
I discuss the weekly Torah portion with Rabbi Rabbs Mondays at 7:00 pm PST on my live cam and on YouTube. Facebook Fan Page. This week we study Parashat Ki Tetzei (Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19). Watch the video. * Rabbi Berel Wein: The … Continue reading
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Tagged land of israel, rabbi berel wein, rabbs, sex addiction, sole intention, step meetings, unidentified enemy, verbal intervention, virginity, weekly torah portion
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12 Step Programs For Sex Addiction
From last Monday night’s show: Rabbs: How’s it going with the 12-step program? Luke: “It’s like a crash course in reality. You get out of your fantasies and into reality. I’m noticing that I am slowly rewiring my brain. Without … Continue reading
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Tagged hole in your soul, internet pornography, math homework, rabbs, sex addiction, step meetings
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Three Twelve-Step Meetings And I’m A Changed Man
I’m stunned by how a few sex addiction meetings have affected me. I don’t walk around with the predatory fantasies that normally afflict me. Please know that these are fantasies only! I don’t act them out. I’m a good Orthodox … Continue reading
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Tagged bad man, davening, fantasy life, sex addiction, step meetings, torah study
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I Love 12-Step Programs
In the past, I’ve often made fun of 12-step programs because I don’t believe that addiction is a medical illness as much as a failure of moral will. But after some first-hand experience, I’ve come to think that everybody should … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 step programs, fearless moral inventory, medical illness, personal disclosure, step meetings, twelve step programs
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