100 Blessings Every Day

This book is not just for Jewish people. It is for all people who would gain strength to heal and insight from the Jewish tradition.

Using a one-day-at-a-time monthly format, a spiritual leader who continues to reach out to addicted people, and all those seeking spiritual renewal, reflects on the rhythm of the Jewish calendar with recovering people and other teachers. Together they bring insight to recovery from addictions and compulsive behaviors of all kinds. This sensitive volume soars with the spirit of the Jewish soul and year. Its "exercises" help us move from thinking to doing.

This book is not just for Jewish people. It is for all people who would gain strength to heal and insight from the Jewish tradition.

Using a one-day-at-a-time monthly format, a spiritual leader who continues to reach out to addicted people, and all those seeking spiritual renewal, reflects on the rhythm of the Jewish calendar with recovering people and other teachers. Together they bring insight to recovery from addictions and compulsive behaviors of all kinds. This sensitive volume soars with the spirit of the Jewish soul and year. Its "exercises" help us move from thinking to doing.

Who Should Read This Book i
How to Use This Book ix
Acknowledgments xi
Preface xiii
Are the Twelve Steps Jewish?
A Foreword by Rabbi Neil Gillman xv
How the Jewish Calendar Works xxv
A Calendar of Months xxix
A Calendar of Festivals and Fasts xxx
The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous xxxiii
Tishrei • A Fresh Start 1
Cheshvan • Making Ready 33
Kislev • Freedom 65
Tevet • Self-Reliance 97
Shevat • Rebirth 127
Adar • Joy 159
Nisan • Liberation 191
Iyar • Independence 223
Sivan • Revelation 253
Tammuz • Living with Hope 285
Av • Beginning Again 315
Elul • Introspection 347
Spiritual Renewal in the Jewish Calendar
An Afterword by Dr. Jay M. Holder 379
Glossary of Important Words and Concepts 383
About the Authors 385