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Elya's Secrets to Success

Elya's Secrets to Success

By obormottel
I ask my Higher Power to help me realize what He is trying to teach me through these challenges and what I need to correct in my thoughts or actions as a result
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The Identifying Characteristics of Sex and Porn Addicts

The Identifying Characteristics of Sex and Porn Addicts

By obormottel
Compulsive sexual behavior disorder is characterized by a persistent pattern of failure to control intense, repetitive sexual impulses or urges resulting in repetitive sexual behavior.
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I Pause

I Pause

By obormottel
I am not an addict. I am the wife of an addict. I have also lived with other addictions before my marriage. My mind is trained to obsess about the addict and their safety, their whereabouts, how they are, or how they ought to be.
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the.guard (Yaakov)'s views on Homosexuality (in a nutshell):

the.guard (Yaakov)'s views on Homosexuality (in a nutshell):

By testchart1
Having SSA is similar to someone who would be attracted ONLY to married women, i.e. single women don't attract him at all (if such a thing was possible).
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By His Help Alone

By His Help Alone

By obormottel
90 days free of porn watching has arrived. No sense of pride at all, just a deep sense of thanks to GYE for not rejecting me and an infinitely deeper sense of thanks to Ribono shel Olom.
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13 Principles regarding gender disorientation groups

13 Principles regarding gender disorientation groups

By testchart1
I'd like to mention that which is obvious to us all, with a sketch of 13 principles regarding the gender disorientation groups that fight everything holy
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Give it to keep it

Give it to keep it

By obormottel
When you warm other people’s hearts, you remain warm yourself. When you seek to support, encourage and inspire others; then you discover support, encouragement and inspiration in your own life as well.  
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Dare to believe

Dare to believe

By obormottel
Ester, my dear child,it's tough. Life's tough. It's how I created This World. But so are you. Tougher than you think you are. I know how tough it is, and I know how much you're hurting. I feel your pain. Nevertheless, I'm disappointed in you. Not for failing, no, I create...
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Take A Look At This. Or Not.

Take A Look At This. Or Not.

By obormottel
The Arizal among others[1] tells us Pinchas was a גלגל; reincarnation of Yitzchak. The following are allusions to this. A) The numerical value of פינחס is 208, Identical to that of יצחק. B) Both Yitzchak and Pinchas were Moser Nefesh:[2] Yizchak at the עקידה and Pinchas i...
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Right now, I'm clean!

Right now, I'm clean!

By obormottel
I’ve just stood up Brushed the dust off Stretched my muscles Ready to fight again I fell after a really long streak My longest ever Felt I was past this struggle Thought I’d grown above it It’s 2 days later I’m back at it I shake my head in disbelief It happened, I hone...
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Stages of understanding an addicted spouse

Stages of understanding an addicted spouse

By obormottel
This journey has taken me through a number of different stages in how I view my wife’s struggle, how much I’m involved, and how I feel about myself because of it. Stage one was the hardest. I felt bad for myself for being stuck with someone that is “lower” than me. I felt...
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Integrity

Integrity

By obormottel
Dear Dov, What are some things we can do to build integrity into our lives? Sometimes there seems to be some in one area, but less in another. -Looking for Integrity Dear Looking, There are many ways of bringing Integrity into our lives but I believe that all of them are...
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Avoiding Evil Thoughts

Avoiding Evil Thoughts

By obormottel
I had written a certain well-known Rabbi about how to deal with lustful thoughts. In several of the Rav's shiurim he had mentioned the Meor Enayim that a person's obstacle is really his path to success. How is being bogged down with lustful thoughts constantly a path to s...
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Shmiras Einayim for Moshiach

Shmiras Einayim for Moshiach

By obormottel
HaRav HaMekubal Yosef Shabtei Shani says that one of the key tools for Klal Yisrael to bring Mashiach and build the third and final Beit Hamikdash is Shemirat HaEnayim, guarding our eyes. A person should think: "My eyes are wondrous tools. They are windows to my thoughts,...
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Dr. Seuss on Recovery from Addiction

By obormottel
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself wherever you choose. You're on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who'll decide where to go.
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