by Natti Ronel
Finally, I send my warm love and thanks to my dear family; to Dror, Tohar and Gila Ronel, whose love, wisdom and never-ending support are a constant source of inspiration.
Special thanks to the Spiritual Master Shlomo Kalo, may he rest in peace, whose spiritual guidance lights the Graceway and my own spiritual path.
I thank God for His ever-growing grace.
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APPENDIX
The Twelve step program of Narcotics Anonymous
(From the “Big Book” of Narcotics Anonymous, p. 17)
We admitted that we were powerless over our addiction, that our lives had become unmanageable.
We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
We admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
We humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
We made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
We made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
We continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
We sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to addicts, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
About the Author
Professor Natti Ronel (born 1958) is an experienced clinical criminologist, specializing in the treatment of addictions, violence and victimization at the Bar-Ilan University, who in 2013-2016 also served as Head of the Criminology Department.
Ronel is the theorist and founder of Positive Criminology and Positive Victimology – offering a novel perspective for survivors of violence or crime, and of “The Graceway” therapy – a self-change program assisting in liberating people from external object dependence as well as from the habits and processes of inner compulsion.
Ronel trains professionals on various aspects of “The Graceway” therapy and the applications of the Twelve Step program, while putting an emphasis on the spiritual change and its adaptation to normal everyday life. He has published dozens of articles in scientific journals as well as a number of books, and is a regular participant in local and international conferences.
Message from the Author
Writing the book was a joyful experience. It was like teaching the same material to a working group, as I have done so many times before. But while usually readers of a book are an anonymous audience, this time I kept the readers - you, “alive” within me while writing; speaking to you, listening to your potential questions, trying to better clarify my intended ideas, etc. This process enabled me to better clarify my ideas not only to you – my readers, but also to myself as well.
It was a joint journey of exploration, of setting ourselves free from habitual limitations, growing together in possible grace and happiness.
For this and more, I want to thank you!