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The 12-Steps work for people who believe in God. The 12-Steps work for people who don't believe in God. The 12-Steps NEVER work for people who believe they ARE God.

Give time time.

A coincidence is a miracle in which God chooses to remain anonymous.

God will never give you more than you can handle.

You are exactly where you are supposed to be.

The smartest thing an addict can say is, "help!".

How does one repent for certain sins that he knows he will repeat is a question that is being always asked. And the answer is as follows. If a man smokes forty cigarettes every Shabbos, and he decides he's going to smoke only thirty nine, that's a fortunate man. That's ca...

Living one day-at-a-time is not like telling the Yetzer Hara to come back tomorrow. That eitza isn't realistic for most addicts I know. It tends to make the whole thing a waiting game, and the "pressure just builds up", as they say. Never worked for me. The idea that it's...

Denial is not a river in Egypt, but you can drown in it.

If it is meant to be, I can't stop it. If it isn't God's will, I can't make it happen.

Depression is anger toward inward.

Courage is faith that has said its prayers.

There is a God and I'm not it.

There is no magic in recovery, only miracles.

Guilt is the gift that keeps on giving.

The road to resentment is paved with expectations.

God has no grandkids.

Fear is the absence of faith.