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Focus on yourself: *You may find the worst enemy or best friend in yourself.   *When you feel like giving up, remember why you held on for so long in the first place.   *Instead of giving myself reasons why I can't, I give myself reasons why I CAN.   *If G-d had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.   *Sometimes you may feel Hashem is hard on you & doesn't love you... Truth is, He loves you too much to leave you the way you are.  *I am a great teacher, and my best student is myself.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.

We become happier, much happier, when we realize life is an opportunity rather than an obligation.

I've always had this weird thing in me... Whenever I would destroy something of value, I felt a high. When I was in highschool, I would secretly burn books and clothes of mine when I felt down. Nothing gave me a bigger high than taking a $20 and watching it burn, or break...

I am referred to on the forum as Yiraishamaim. I am 91 days clean, the second time around. Originally, I joined this forum only after battling this compulsion for years unsuccessfully on my own. It had become abundantly clear that I needed some kind of intervention....

I had been falling at least three times a week, so it was surely a struggle. I took the 90 days in steps, committing to what I thought I could manage - 10 days at a time. Clicking "still clean" gave me a small feeling of control that I relished, so regularly updating my c...

Torah tells us about "Birkas Hashem", a euphemistic term which actually refers to the exact opposite - one who curses the name of Hashem, chas veshalom. The Torah teaches that one who commits such a crime in front of witnesses is put to death. We learn how the witnesses ...

Dear G-d, As I work through my fears, I realize I am thoroughly insane, tossed about by multitudes of negative character traits, trying my best to protect myself and get what I want, according to my mind's instructions. But I only get panic and chaos. When one characteri...

I've just completed my journey of 90 days and I feel exhilarated! I've been on the chart in the past and had 3-4 falls. But 90 days ago, I knew that if I don't kick this thing NOW, I'll never get there. I'll be a slave to lust forever, chas v'shalom. One of my biggest fe...

As my wedding day approaches, I feel it as an obligation to tell you a bit of my story, and how GYE came to the rescue and brought me to where I am now. I was born and raised in a very frum community in Brooklyn, where I lived in a very abusive home. My parents have been ...

From: Diamond SparkDate: Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 9:22 PMTo: GYE E-Mail Help Line <gye.help@gmail.com> "I am a Married frum woman in New York, struggling with internet addiction, chat-rooms and inappropriate relationships outside of my marriage. My husband got wind of t...

I am known as a very good bachur and I learned in all the top yeshivas. I have struggled with these issues for years and years, which ruined my geshmak in learning and davening. I have tried many times to stop and was never able to do it. Eventually, I gave up and assumed...

Wanna make God laugh? Tell him your plans for tomorrow.   Wanna make God happy? Ask Him His plans for you for today!

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I just saw the video from FightTheNewDrug and it really scared me. I don't even know if I wanted to see that video... I guess it's better to be aware, but at the same time... I am far far from being exposed to that sort of thing, I have a strong filter and I am too sc...

Dear Duvid Chaim,Thank you so much for your wonderful and holy sessions. Your guidance & encouragement give me tremendous chizuk, and most of all, it gives me hope and expectation to bezh"y succeed in this battle.Just wanted to share my victory yesterday, as a direct ...

Dov, who is clean in SA since 1997 (see his story here), replies: Gorgeous! At the Seder, we say, "afilu kulonu chachomin/nevonim/know the Torah and the whole story - mitzvah aleinu l'saper" - 'sipur' means to tell someone else a thing we already know. First, it is to t...

As I was reading through some of the hashgacha pratis stories on this site, I was inspired to share an amazing story that happened to me a couple of years ago. Baruch Hashem, I have done sincere teshuva for my old ways and would never find myself in this situation again,...