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The GYE forums are often breeding grounds for heated discussions / arguments for and against 12-Step groups, whether or not they are in accordance with the Torah, and why or why not the Torah hasn’t been enough to stop the struggling Yid from his behaviors. Dov, who is cl...

Joining the friendly GYE group was a fab idea Everyone is so helpful and kind, even those not living near Through GYE program I'm now finding my inner self And starting to feel less like a little elf Just like on Tu Bishvat the trees start to bud So too in this program I'...

I was on the GYE website when some chatted with me and said that he is triggered. This was the first time someone else complained to me about their situation, since usually I am the complainer. However, I am still new to this, I wasn't sure what I was supposed to do and w...

Someone wrote: I act out with masturbation more often and more rarely do I spend some time browsing dirty sites (like once a month or once in 2 months). Is there a point to make a TaPHSiC shvuah for the shmutz if I anyway can't stop the masturbation? GYE Responds: Fr...

A: What do you mean "you just can't say no"? If your mother walked into the room just before you acted out, or if someone put a gun to your head and threatened to kill you if you acted out, would you still not be able to say no? This proves that you can say no, you jus...

If you're reading this, it's likely that you've been struggling with Shmiras Ainayim for years with ups and downs, and can't seem to get a full grip on it. Well, you're not alone. This is one of man's greatest struggles, and all the more so for people who already became...

A teen member who is clean for over a year wrote: Hashem doesn't like me. Look how hard I've worked to be the best person I can be and now I am finding it so hard to find a yeshiva. All my friends and normal people and I'm just a loser. GYE Responds: My dear frie...

Tomorrow I will iyH complete my first (hopefully of many) 90 days clean bH. My problem is that every time I start having accomplishments in these areas I start to feel like I overcame the problem and start slacking off and before long end up back @ square 1. My first ques...

Thank you, thank you, thank you GYE!!! Before I started the 90 days this time (I did it once before but fell soon after...), I was so afraid. I have been falling every other day and I was terrified of failing but even more terrified of letting go of my self-pleasure. ...

Avi Tennenbaum's 7 Week Workshop on SHOVAVIM and INTERNET ADDICTION is available for FREE download (335 MB). Download Here Learn many valuable tools on how to deal with the addiction and nisyonos in this important series. Join the Worldwide YEshiva Shovavim Initiative ...

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.petrspacek.newsletter What's new in this version? 1) Landscape mode when turning the phone sideways 2) Zoom capabilities 3) When clicking a link in the Index, it jumps straight down to the appropriate article now without ...

What a call we had today on Duvid Chaim's 12-Step phone conference! So many Powerful shares - generated by our working the Exercise "over the past 23 hours” - which was Find G-d inside yourself! We heard men share their stories of how G-d has given them: Courage ...

A 10-year-old boy decided to study judo despite the fact that he had lost his left arm in a devastating car accident. The boy began lessons with an old Japanese judo master. The boy was doing well, so he couldn’t understand why, after three months of training the master ...

Porn was our escape. A destructive and co-dependent escape, but an escape nonetheless. When hard times came into our lives, we would dodge them and go running for a fix rather than dealing with them head on. The release we felt from using porn would numb us to the bumps ...

I've related this story many times in sharing my step-work and recovery thus far. Though cliche, it was an important experience because it was mine: I was at a chasuna. I saw a guy who I really respect, a talmid chochom who is 'different,' knowledgeable in areas that I as...

In the 12-Step groups they say that to recover from addiction you just need two iron-clad rules: 1) Don’t act out, even if your tush falls off! 2) Pick up the phone! Experience has shown that members who train themselves to habitually “pick up the phone” every tim...

Two members recently signed up as sponsors for our partner/sponsor program and wrote as follows: Before I began recovery I had built up about 25 years or so of addictive behaviors and attitudes neatly intertwined with depression, resentment, and bitterness. Toda...