The Spiritual Self: Reflections on Recovery and God

by Abraham J. Twerski

To the thicket of questions surrounding spirituality, this book brings a clear vision and a thoughtful approach that will help us find our way to the very heart of it.

Much is made of spirituality these days-in recovery and in the culture at large-but what, exactly, does spirituality mean? Is it something different to different people? How is it discovered, nurtured, expressed? And, perhaps most important, why does it matter? To the thicket of questions surrounding the subject, this book brings a clear vision and a thoughtful approach that will help us find our way to the very heart of spirituality. Writing simply and directly, Abraham Twerski shows how spirituality-independent of religion-is central to emotional and mental health, and is a key to being truly and profoundly human. Founder and medical director of the Gateway Rehabilitation Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Abraham J. Twerski is a rabbi, psychiatrist, chemical dependency counselor, and the author of many books, including Addictive Understanding Self-Deception.

Genres: Psychology

160 pages, Paperback

First published March 17, 2000

About the author

Abraham Joshua Twerski (Hebrew: אֲבְרָהָם יְהוֹשֻׁע טווערסקי‎) was an Israeli-American Hasidic rabbi, a scion of the Chernobyl Hasidic dynasty, and a psychiatrist specializing in substance abuse.

Reviews

[Chava · Rating 2 out of 5]

Rabbi Dr. Twerksi, zt"l, has said that he has no written hundreds of books; he has written the same book hundreds of times. So, after reading quite a few of them, yes, he covers all the same topics: addiction, self-esteem, spirituality. So, once again, not a bad book, just a repeat of his message in a different format.

That said, Rabbi Dr. Twerski was the perfect person to address these topics in a book published by Hazelden for 12-step programs.

[Andrew Medhat Hennawy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book!