How To Overcome ANY Addiction With Rabbi Yaron Reuven and Leo Goykhman

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Yaron Reuven’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

[Music] we got Jose on we got Vicky on from Savannah Georgia in the building um Rabbi while we are kind of getting it going um oh this is how you do there you go while we're getting it going um you have a really really interesting story and I every time I talk to somebody about you and my kids know who you are and my friends know who you are because I'm listening to your sh because you are not what I would you know and a lot of people would consider the typical story somebody that grew up in a religious community and went to ISA their whole life um you are somebody that actually uh knows the quote unquote World very well you did very well in the uh outer world and you did well in business and you've seen some things you've done some things and then you have came to where you are today so maybe let's if you don't mind like a five minute you know five minute story just a five minute version because it's so good so people understand who we're dealing with right here that's I clock myself I don't know I never uh I can never get it down to a short story short version is this I was born in the uh in Israel um we moved to the US uh 30 years ago uh was 10 years old and uh we uh we went to public school because we didn't really know the the danger of public schools versus living in uh uh in Israel you just you have Jews around you all over the place long story short we lived a uh secular traditional life where we would go to synagogue during the holidays you know try to keep kosher to the best of our abilities where you know

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1. 0:03[Music] we got Jose on we got Vicky on from Savannah Georgia in the building…
2. 6:22about no I'm sorry uh nine months later I uh started getting a pain in my…
3. 12:38life even if he's he's sober for 20 years he's still going to meetings because you…
4. 19:08idea that it's a disease and only God can help you you can't even help yourself…
5. 25:38obviously sees the present unlike us where we see all three as different time frames the…
6. 31:53because you think that the now is also going to be the future too true of…
7. 38:17that doesn't work if sh doesn't work you have to occupy your mind take a book…
8. 44:40knows anybody who's ever had a problem with ERS understands what it means when the birds…
9. 51:06invite all these people to come to the show so I could do this and what…
10. 57:28unfortunately um with a lot of sadness there's a lot of families that have lost kids…

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