Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski, MD, is the founder and medical director of Gateway Rehabilitation Center, a not-for-profit drug and alcohol treatment system in western Pennsylvania, cited by "Forbes" magazine as one of the 12 best drug and alcohol treatment centers in the United States. He has served as clinical director of the department of psychiatry at St. Francis Hospital and is currently associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He has written more than 20 books, including "Addictive Thinking: Understanding Self-Deception"; "I'd Like to Call for Help but I Don't Know the Number"; "Let Us Make Man: Self-Esteem Through Jewishness"; "Life's Too Short"; "Waking Up Just in Time"; and "When Do the Good Things Start?" He lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.