Recovery, the 12 Steps and Jewish Spirituality: Reclaiming Hope, Courage and

Description: Rabbi Paul Steinberg is a nationally renowned Jewish educator and a professional staff member at Beit T'Shuvah, the acclaimed recovery center in Los Angeles. Previously a rabbi at Valley Beth Shalom congregation in Encino, California, his books include the three-volume series Celebrating the Jewish Year, which won the National Jewish Book Award. Foreword xi Preface xiii Introduction xvii Part I A Judaism of Experience, Strength, and Hope: A Rabbi's Journey through Alcoholism 1 1 Understanding Addiction, Jewish Spirituality, and Medicine 7 Addiction and Choice 8 Treating Body and Soul 10 Personal Reflections 11 2 A God and Religion of Recovery 13 Discovering God 13 Discovering Religion 18 Personal Reflections 20 3 The Dignity of the Self 23 The Dignity of Infinite Value 24 The Dignity of Equality 27 The Dignity of Uniqueness 29 Embracing Dignity 32 Personal Reflections 35 Recovery 4 The Evil Inclination 37 The Origin of "Evil" 37 Outside the Garden 38 Suppressing versus Repressing the Yetzer Ha-Ra 40 Identifying the Yetzer Ha-Ra 42 Elevating Evil 46 Personal Reflections 48 5 Judaism and Alcohol: A Complicated Relationship 50 A Source of Depravity 53 Getting Loaded on Purim 57 Personal Reflections 60 Part II The Covenant of Recovery-Spirituality in Action: Aligning Jewish Spirituality with AA 63 6 Study-Talmud Torah 67 Torah Study as a Spiritual Practice 68 Study and AA 71 7 Prayer-Tefilah 74 Connecting I, You, and Us 76 Prayer and AA 78 8 Repentance-Teshuvah 81 The Process of Spiritual Transformation 82 First Comes the Awakening 83 Teshuvah and Steps 4 and 5 84 Teshuvah and Steps 8 and 9 86 Teshuvah: An Everyday Occurrence 87 9 Service-Tikkun 89 Healing the World's Brokenness 90 Broken Open 91 Service and AA 95 Part III 12 Texts for the 12 Steps 99 Step 1 103 Step 2 105 Step 3 107 Step 4 110 Step 5 113 Step 6 115 Step 7 118 Step 8 120 Step 9 122 Step 10 125 Step 11 127 Step 12 130 Gratitude 133 Glossary of Jewish Terms and Thinkers 135 Notes 143 Suggestions for Further Reading 149

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