Reprinted from Hamodia Although a person should have a sense of self-esteem by virtue of his neshamah, and because we are all children of Hashem, this applies when a person…
Reprinted from Hamodia To someone suffering from low self-esteem, Rabbi Twerski writes: The Torah relates that when the meraglim returned from Eretz Canaan, they said that the land was inhabited…
Reprinted from Hamodia A Hamodia reader asks: Thank you for your advice and clarity on many pertinent issues. Your responses are so on target and helpful. A recent query discussed…
Cotton Candy and the Art of Surrender I once shared this idea with our members on GYE: One of the greatest successes of the Twelve-Step Program is in teaching addicts…
Member “Hakol-Hevel” Shares Mine is a simple story, but it points to the great influence that Rabbi Twerski had on the Jewish world. Long before I joined GYE, I had…
Thank God, I’ve been clean each day for twenty-four years since I started attending SA meetings in Adar of 1997. But five years before that (in 1992), I called Rabbi…
Dear Rabbi Twerski, shlita, First, I would like to introduce myself. My name is Yosef. I am a lust addict. I am currently in SA fellowship. I also go weekly…
Dov is an addict with many years of recovery whose story appears later in this book. He writes: I see little difference between being preoccupied with fighting an urge to…
Dear Rabbi Twerski, When we first spoke, the Rav suggested SLAA for Internet addiction. Since the Rav’s experience is mainly with alcohol rehab, it could be that the Rav does…
The following question was not connected to GYE but was sent to me by someone who asked that I pass it on to Rabbi Twerski. My son is married with…