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My Chaver, Tatte & Coach

By GYE Corp.
When I am faced with a big test, I see it as a personal smile from G-d Himself telling me face to face with love, "I KNOW you have a yetzer hara, and I also know that YOU, YES YOU and ONLY YOU, can overcome it. This is something that all of heaven and any angel doesn't ha...
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Let's Paint the Town Red!

By GYE Corp.
I just want to share with everyone some statistics. After Yeshiva World offered us a great deal (based on this letter that Rabbi Twerski wrote to Jewish websites), I pledged $225 a month to run the current GYE ad on www.theyeshivaworld.com indefinitely. Guard thanked me a...
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Jack's Advice

By GYE Corp.
It says sur mayra vaasey tov, first turn away from bad, and THEN, and only then, do good. What does this mean for us? It means that you can't start enjoying the benefits of what a clean life means if you're still acting out. So in the 12 step groups, they want you to be s...
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The Princess and the Peasant

By GYE Corp.
In the times of castles and moats, there lived a princess. An only child, her life was to be one of comfort, lavishness, and splendor from the cradle to the grave. She wore only satin and silk. She was served only the finest delicacies. She lived an enchanted existence un...
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"The purpose of mitzvos is to refine people, to purify them. You become pure by saying No to yourself."
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The Mask in the Mirror

By GYE Corp.
Here is the preface to a new e-Book written by Elya K. called "The Mask in the Mirror". Elya is a U.S. Hotline Moderator, Sponsor and Group Leader for GYE for already 3 years. To purchase the e-Book for $3 contact Elya by clicking here. Every person is born with an innate...
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Addiction Recovery and the Miracle of Transcending Human Nature

By GYE Corp.
An alcoholic once exclaimed: "It's only human nature to drink" to which we reply, "Nature is what we were put in this world to rise above!" There is something literally miraculous in personal self-transcendence and transformation. And I don't use the word "miraculous" he...
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NO ONE FLOATS INTO RECOVERY ON THE WINGS OF VICTORY
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Falling In Love With G-d

By GYE Corp.
To enjoy the greatest pleasure in life, we need to embrace the half of the glass that's full and the half that's empty. What is life's greatest pleasure? It's not an easy question. Close your eyes a minute and think about it before you read any further. What did you come...
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THINGS ARE NOT NECESSARILY GOING WRONG JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT GOING MY WAY.
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HUMILITY DOESN'T MEAN THINKING ANY LESS OF YOURSELF; IT MEANS THINKING OF YOURSELF LESS.
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Foundation of the Building

By GYE Corp.
Sex and love are the deepest human emotions and fixing these emotions fixes a person deeper than anything else. That's why in Kabbalah, the Seffirah of "Yesod" refers to the Brit. "Yesod" means "foundation". Guarding the Brit is the foundation of Judaism. The positive com...
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Approaching 3 Years

By GYE Corp.
See Jack's 90-day journey time-line from 3 years ago here. Dear Guard, I'm approaching my 3-year anniversary in 'the struggle'. I can't say I'm perfect, and I've slipped along the way, but only about 5 times in the whole 3 years. What a difference from before I started,...
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It's All About Our Motives

By GYE Corp.
I was walking home from Shul. 3 attractive girls were crossing my path and as much as I tried at the time to switch off my lust it was difficult since these girls were quite bubbly and ever-present --hard to ignore! So I went for plan B and shifted into giving mode. I imm...
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No Step Goes to Waste

By GYE Corp.
Every time you say "no" to your obsessions, it is priceless. It's another step up, and no step goes to waste. Remember this parable: Even if someone is heading out to the other side of town and on the way he slips on the ice, all he needs to do it just get up and continue...
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Powerless Over the Waves, But Not Over the Ship

By GYE Corp.
When a large tanker is sailing fast through the ocean, it causes a strong current of water which also follows it's direction: quickly, and powerfully. Turning the ship around however, takes massive energy to first make the turn, and then, to go AGAINST the flow that the s...
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Patience

By GYE Corp.
It took time It wasn't easy Many tried and failed Some gave up hope it would EVER happen We kept trying, to no avail but finally.... We killed Osama Bin Laden. So too.... It takes time It's not easy Sometimes we fail We feel like were are hopeless Some give up that it w...
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Where To Put That Powerful Energy

By GYE Corp.
I now rejoice with my inner animal: and boy is he big! This 'super passion' that I feel, is a most wondrous thing. Of course, acting out is out of the question: period.So now what? All this energy must go 'somewhere'.Here comes responsibility and a schedule.The yetzer is ...
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