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All living creatures have no shame, with the exception of human beings. When we have intellect we understand the concept of shame. When we don’t use our intellect as human beings (behaving like animals) we have no shame. The trait of shame is a boundary to protect us fr...

I just read the "First Day of The Rest Of My Life" book's English translation. It has answers I have never found elsewhere, about how stifled creativity can lead to excessive sexual behavior, because the creativity needs an outlet. It is a watershed moment for me. Thank y...

Here lies a Yid, 'tis so sad Who caught his death from taivos gone bad This Ehrliche man is not forgot But he gave up his life . . .for what?

Haim wrote to us: I would like to recommend this ebook. It has been very, very helpful to me. I contacted the author from Lehavas HaTorah and he gave me permission to send it to you. Please post it if you think it can help others! "Spirit of foolishness" In reality, all...

*Take life one day at a time. *Separate worries from concerns. If a situation is a concern, find out what God would have you do and let go of the anxiety. If you can't do anything about a situation, forget it. *K.M.S. (Keep Mouth Shut). This single piece of advice can pre...

Shabbos 31b: "All the Torah in the world won't save a person unless he has Yiras Shomayim." Artscroll footnote at the end of the sugya defines Yiras Shomayim as negating YOUR will in order to fulfill Hashem's will. Yes, Torah and honesty in business are indispensable, BUT...

Even though I have 3 years of SA sobriety, the lust struggles come and go in cycles, and never go away completely... B"H, it wasn't real shmutz, but I got lost this week and last week watching movies and movie clips, some even rated R to satisfy the lust urge to see skin,...

Dear chashuva fellow strugglers,You might ask, if the Jews said naaseh v'nishma, why did the Creator find it necessary to force them to accept the Torah by hanging a mountain over their heads? The answer is that the Creator of all things knew that even though the people...

I would like to thank you, Duvid Chaim, for all the support, and for being my sponsor for the 12 Steps. Since I have been with your Group Call, I want to express my appreciation for the most amazing group of men, from all walks of life; Chasidish, Litvish, Modern Orthodo...

Hoshana Raba is the last chance of the year to make a difference in what is decreed for us in the coming year. Some people stay up all night learning, and some of the Teffilos are said with the Nussach of the Yomim Noraim. What does this mean to us in terms of Teshuvah?...

Dov's 12-Step Desperados call is restarting a new cycle be"h on Oct 11, the Sunday after Sukkos.

A newby to GYE wrote to us: When I first wrote my story on the GYE forum, I was crying, shocked and disgusted with myself. I felt I couldn't fall any further- rock bottom's the word! But fast forward no less than 3 weeks, and I fell again. And this time even further tha...

In our tefillah, we say, “Remove Satan (the yetzer hara) from before us and after us.” The Talmud says that “A person’s yetzer hara (evil inclination) renews itself each day and seeks to destroy one” (Kedushin 30a). The yetzer hara has only one goal: to crush and destroy ...

First the problem: We are sincere people who want to stand before Hashem and tell Him that we really do not want this lust in our lives. That "I want to do Your will, not mine." We want to stand on these days of the Yomim Noraim, free of sin, free of this lust. We want t...

Dear GYE Family, I hope everyone had an easy fast and a meaningful and uplifting Yom Kippur. Now as we move from the Yemei HaDin (which were also Yemei HaSimcha) into the days of Z'man Simchaseinu, I'd like to share a few thoughts with the chevra, which have special signi...

I noticed a very interesting thing in one of the Yom Kipppur Piyutim we say tonight. "We are like raw material in the hands of the creator... When he wants, he makes the vessel big, and when he wants, he makes it shorter (than normal)". "We are like stones in the hand...

I want to thank you, this website is a life-saver for my husband, and, I think, it will be for me also. Ima Gobbora I hit bottom from bottom, and I would probably be dead by now if it hadn't been for GYE. Thank you again and again. 1daat Shkoyach for all your efforts. Y...

I referred a woman to the website. Here's her response:"Thank you for being available and helping me out when I thought I’d never smile again. The website is huge. My husband and I are totally using it. Thanks for your swift replies and for devoting your life to helpin...