The Library

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

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.

One of the worst problems we folks who run into zera l'vatoloh problems have (in my opinion) is the raising of issues that are fine details of yiddishkeit to the level of ikkarei ha'emunah/de'oraisah's. Many of us focus so much on mikvah and kavonos that we get lost in ou...

You don't have to wait till the basement to get off the down elevator.

Short version of the Serenity Prayer: Lighten up.

The addiction is cunning, baffling, powerful, and patient.

Faith without works is dead.

The addict's mind is like a bad neighborhood, don't go there alone.