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I want to share today a few wonderful things that have come about for me through this program of 12 steps. I feel like I have not shared in a while and so I will do some "service" and share my "experience, strength and hope." My life has completely changed since I started...

Momo often posts on the forum a summary of Duvid Chaim's daily calls (read all the summaries over here). Here is Momo's summary from the last call of Duvid Chaim's cycle, which ended before Yom Kippur. Being the la...

Chevra, How many of you are asking yourself this question? After all, we just completed 40 Days of Teshuva; first kicking off the process of "return" at the beginning of Elul, followed by the humbling experience of Coronating the ...

Opening Of The Call � The power of the fellowship of program was discussed; 2 participants had gotten tremendous value from a private call they had yesterday. � Until now, the focus was Steps 1, 2, 3 the A-B-D s" of the Program - A dmit - B elieve - D ecide. We now mo...

We're up to Chapter 4 in the Big Book called "We Agnostics". The first time I read this Chapter, I was really offended and thought it a complete waste of time to be reading about - "We Agnostics." The nerve of them (and my sponsor) to even suggest that I - a very Frum Yi...

There are so many people here that could benefit from a 12-Step program. MY HEART GOES OUT TO THEM. All those posts from the men & women on this fantastic forum, yet it seems they're just repeating an endless cycle of attempting 90+ days, Fall, Blog-a-lot, Sobriety, a...

Thank you GYE! I want you to know that I've only fallen once in watching inappropriate things since I joined GYE about 4 months ago. I can't believe it myself, and although I still fall occasionally with mast**, this is tremendous growth I never dreamed of. I used to act ...

You're not to blame.Hashem has given us an illness.Simple as that.You were handed today's fall.He gave us this sickness because if we approach it correctly, it can lead us to the greatest heights!!Through the sickness & From the sickness!You're not a bad person.Chas v...

First of all, I'd like to explain why I probably fell. I am pretty sure it is stress related and I was trying to escape the pressures of the stress. Second order of business is, to explain the two reasons why perhaps it was necessary for me to fall:1) I needed a reality c...

We all gained a lot from reading Chapter 1 - Bill's Story in the Big Book (or should we say, "We read OUR Story?") How familiar are we all with Bill's high and lows and his self centered belief that he was in control? Fortunately for Bill (and hopefully for us), he came ...

Last night I met with Rav Shlachter, (a sex-addiction therapist and author of the book "The First Day of the Rest of My Life"). He thought that the insights I had about my childhood trauma were on the mark, but he doesn't like to dwell on the past. That's history! What's ...

In our group call, we discussed how literally our entire approach to life, our perspectives and our responses, have got to be thoroughly re-examined. In the Big Book, Dr. Silkworth tells us that we need a "psychic change" to a magnitude above and beyond our "human power"...

Thank you everyone for joining on Board our voyage of the Big Book Study Group Lunch & Learn. (Click here for more info on this anonymous phone group, 4 times a week. Suitable for both U.S and Israel time-zones).It was very inspiring to have 14 brave participants ...

We've all been through this cycle before. Elul, Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, Sukkos and Simchas Torah - carrying us to lofty and spiritual levels. How can I even think about "acting out" when I'm so immersed in Mitzvot and family responsibilities? I'm feeling pretty good ab...

(Some of the concepts below will only be understood by those who are working the 12-Steps and/or were on Duvid Chaim's calls.) Dear Struggler, First of all, you must congratulate yourself. Think about it. You actually experienced a slip, but by posting about it on the f...

I went on a class trip recently and acted like a second grader! It was awesome! Ahhh, the innocence of childhood. Duvid Chaim says that so much of our "restlessness" is because we forget about enjoying the little things in life and just get caught up in the adult world. E...

I joined Duvid Chaim's 12-Step Phone group (which is starting a new cycle in February, IY"H) because he GUARANTEED me freedom from lust (remember - not "CONTROL of the addiction", but FREEDOM) if I run the course & do it right. I trusted him, especially because he kne...

On Duvid Chaim's phone group we defined the difference between being "outwardly religious" and being real spiritual people. A "religious" person is one who believes there is a hell. A spiritual person has BEEN to hell. And that's step 1: Hitting bottom. And as a result ...