Tips for getting your happy on - now!
 
 
  Breaking free chizuk #1426  
 
 
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Announcements: Is recovery easier or harder for a frum person?
Editor’s Note: The "get-yourself-happy" recipes
Link of the Day: Three reasons to date someone who has recovered from sex addiction
 
 
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Announcements
 
Is recovery easier or harder for a frum person?
 

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for a recording of the unique Shiur/Workshop by Dov
from
Thursday, Feb 11

This unique Shiur/Workshop by Dov deals with a lot of the confusion that frum people sometimes experience in the program, and also with the issue of why some people's yiddishkeit gets weaker in recovery.

Editor’s Note
 
The "get-yourself-happy" recipes

GET YOURSELF HAPPY BY____;

1. Appreciating all that you have------ make a list-oral or written, and just enjoy all the abundance that is        yours.

2. Overcoming doubts -------perhaps just say the word 'done' over and over again-ridding yourself of doubts    and letting in the corresponding joy.

3. Utilizing happiness as a spiritual battle strategy ---------AND THEREBY FIGHT OFF ALL SOURCES OF ANTI-HAPPINESS.

4. GROOVING ON SOMEONE'S JOY------ENJOY AND SHARE WITH SOMEONE THEIR JOY OR JOYOUS OCCASION.

5. DANCING.

6. APPRECIATING HASHEM'S LOVE FOR YOU ----AND YOUR LOVE FOR HASHEM.

7. APPRECIATING YOUR LOVE FOR OTHERS----- AND THEIR LOVE FOR YOU.

8. APPRECIATING THE FACT THAT YOU ARE JEWISH--------AND ALL THE WONDERFUL AND HOLY JEWISH EXPERIENCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO YOU, SUCH AS Torah and mitzvoth.

9. Listening to music------especially the kind that comes from a pure and holy place.

10. Enjoying self improvement---and the Commitment and subsequent changes.

11. Appreciating your own  unique points.

12. Switching focus from helping yourself  to helping others.

13. Having the chutzpa to do the right thing----------despite all the difficulties.

14. Forcing yourself to be happy------even in an external fashion [the externality awakens the internality].

15. Focusing on the fact that everything is for the best.

16. Being silly-------when nothing else works.

Link of the Day
 
Three reasons to date someone who has recovered from sex addiction
Do you think you may have a porn addiction?
 

Do you have a problem with obsessive and compulsive porn use? Have you seriously tried the tools on GYE and feel that you are not getting better? Maybe it’s time to consider joining a 12-Step program.

Porn Anonymous (PA)
If you’re compulsively acting-out with pornography and masturbation we suggest you explore joining Porn Anonymous (PA). If you need help deciding whether to join PA, call Michael at 347-699-2368, or email help@pornanonymous.org to schedule a time to talk. For more information visit pornanonymous.org (Hebrew: p-a.org.il / Yiddish: pa-yid.org).

Sexaholics Anonymous (SA)
If your compulsive acting-out has progressed beyond the screen (with other people, paid sexual services, etc.) we suggest you explore joining Sexaholics Anonymous (SA). To figure out if SA is for you, call Dov at 917-414-8205, or email Dov at dov@guardyoureyes.org to schedule a time to talk. For more information visit www.sa.org.

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