Shmuel Luger started drinking at nine and spiraled into addiction and emptiness.
One trip to Israel changed everything. Today he’s a Rosh Yeshiva helping guys who don’t fit the system rebuild their lives.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:08 Rabbi Luger’s Childhood
03:30 Starting to Drink at a Young Age
05:30 Getting Kicked Out of School
06:50 Going to Israel
08:48 When Things Started to Fall Apart
14:34 Drinking Becoming a Huge Part of His Life
15:52 Going Completely Off the Derech
20:24 Starting the Recovery Process
24:50 Going Back to the Party Life
26:02 A Dollar a Day with Ohr Naava
27:14 WheelsToLease
28:03 BitBean
28:57 Losing His Mother
32:40 Deciding Not to Go To LA
34:36 Going Back to Israel
38:26 Choosing the Simple Life and Making Aliyah
39:33 Getting Married
44:02 How Rabbi Luger Started His Yeshiva
47:03 PZ Deals
47:45 Adir Press and Feldheim Books
49:35 Giving His Younger Self Advice
54:02 What Values Really Make You Happy?
1:02:38 Living Life With Addiction
1:10:28 The Amazing Work His School is Doing
1:22:31 Holding a Person to the Standards of Their Dreams
1:30:24 Where to Reach Out to Rabbi Luger
1:32:07 Outro
✬ IN MEMORY OF ✬
This episode is in memory of:
• Shimon Dovid ben Yaakov Shloima
• Miriam Sarah bas Yaakov Moshe
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