{"id":45450,"date":"2012-07-29T15:43:20","date_gmt":"2012-07-29T23:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=45450"},"modified":"2012-07-29T15:43:20","modified_gmt":"2012-07-29T23:43:20","slug":"shais-taub-the-recovery-rabbi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=45450","title":{"rendered":"Shais Taub – The Recovery Rabbi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rabbi Shais Taub tells TheFix<\/a>: 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 it. They can get through life not taking care of their spiritual fitness, or go years without prayer or meditation and remain relatively unharmed. It\u2019s easy for someone in recovery to know they are on the right spiritual path because they can see the results of their behavior really quickly. Recovering addicts are the most spiritually fit people, but if they spend a week or a month not seeking conscious contact, others will notice the differences in their behavior. Look at an athlete. If you\u2019re in great shape physically, you\u2019ll notice major changes after sitting on the couch for a month. If you\u2019ve spent 30 years on the couch, an extra month won\u2019t do anything. <\/p>\n

The only way you\u2019re never going to use again is if you find the relief you got from using. Spiritual awakening is that relief. If I\u2019m in recovery for a year and still crazy and still want to commit suicide, I would question whether the steps are being used effectively. Then you see a person who\u2019s gaining the freedom from self-obsession. It\u2019s easy to notice. When religious people make claims about the veracity of their dogma, it\u2019s impossible to verify. When I die, I\u2019ll go to heaven? Sure, call me when you get to heaven and let me know. But the spirituality of recovery is easy to verify. You simply can\u2019t fake it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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