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Ahavas Yisroel for the effort

By obormottel
Recently, a story has been going around, told over by one of the roshei yeshiva of Chofetz Chaim in New York. The story is incredible, and I will try to give it over as best as possible because the message is very applicable to you and me. A boy in Bnei Brak, unfortunate...
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Make Resolutions, Not Wishes

Make Resolutions, Not Wishes

By obormottel
It was an ordinary day in Judge Mindy Glazer’s Miami-Dade courtroom when 49-year-old Arthur Booth appeared before her for his bond hearing. He had been arrested the previous day for breaking into a home, stealing a car, and running from police. He caused two accidents bef...
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Pesach Poem

By obormottel
Pesach is approaching Freedom anticipating Preparation the prerequisite In advance of the bondage exit Cleaning the house physically Cleansing the neshama spiritually All chametz is burnt On all sins repent Seder night we enter royally As befit those granted freedom etern...
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My personal 12 Steps

By obormottel
These are the 12 steps I took to get me to 90 days clean: - I have installed an accountability software on all my devices with an accountability partner - I am reading the GYE newsletter almost daily - I have blocked Internet on my phone (which is an old phone). - I have...
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The Secret of Real Strength

The Secret of Real Strength

By the.guard
Hashem made an interesting world, The greatest secret of strength and winning is admitting that we can't, and giving it over to Hashem. (And this is the underlying secret of the power of the 12-Steps in helping addicts stop acting-out). If Kings would know this secret, th...
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Blaming G-d

By obormottel
I'm sorry you feel that way. My life (of well over four decades) has been surrounded by sickness, death, hospitals, disease, pain, therapists, doctors, psychiatrists, jail, anguish, danger, and more, and by this I am including parents and grandparents (young ones), spouse...
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Salivating Over a Bell

By obormottel
When a child sees a pretty woman, even if she is dressed provocatively, does he experience obsessive thoughts about sex? No. And even normal, healthy adults don't get turned on by regular interaction with attractive females. And believe it or not, even if you'll show porn...
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Shmiras Einayim and the Power of T'fila

By obormottel
A man from a city in southern Eretz Yisroel had a daughter critically ill in the hospital. The doctors had all but given up on her. They advised that they will make the last-ditch attempt with a dangerous chemo - but the hospital was out of it. The father was sent to a p...
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Realizing We Can't and Doing it Anyways

By obormottel
I struggled with shmiras einayim for years. I tried every trick in the book, every kind of inspiration, but nothing lasted for the long term. Until I finally gave up. Surprisingly though, it was actually when I gave up that things finally changed. I came to the realizati...
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If you want the evil eye to have no power against you and your children, then make your eyes do not want to enjoy what’s not yours, as Yosef Avinu’s eyes that didn’t want to enjoy what was not his (Potiphar's wife who tried unsuccessfully to seduce him), that’s why the evil eye has no power against him nor his descendants. - The Gemara, Berachos 20a
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The Desperadoes Song

By the.guard
Click here to listen to the Desperadoes Song To join Dov's 12-Step Desperadoes group twice a week, click here for more info. Lyrics: There's a moment in this journey that I gave up My boots just couldn't walk another mile And that cloud above me had no silver lining I ...
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Please Watch Over Us

By the.guard
When we were approaching חודש שבט I heard from Reb Shlomo Meyer a vort that was tremendous chizuk for me all these years. שבט ר״ת שמרם ברכם טהרם. This month, which is entirely during the weeks of שובבים is here to remind us what our goal in life is. We ask Hashem, please...
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Does it get better?

By obormottel
Let's see. If you're used to not having any amount of significant days of sobriety and now you're accumulating hundreds of days clean, what does that mean? Just like gamblers or drug addicts, after a certain time in the program, they only go to a meeting once a week (inst...
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Putting sobriety ahead of "love"

By obormottel
I felt overwhelmed by feelings of unworthiness and fear yesterday, and being at the computer, used the opportunity to write my fears out, clearing my head and pointing out exactly what I am anxious about/fearful of.The wife and I have been at odds the last couple of days....
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I've been there too - and I know the way out

By obormottel
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The Wealthy Miser

By obormottel
From a news story: "One man's neighbors reported that he subsisted on cat food. During the winter, they collected money and bought him a warm coat. When he died, the kindly neighbors were astounded and outraged to learn that the miserly man had amassed $850,000 in ba...
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Don't miss the present

By obormottel
I daydreamed through sunset Dreaming of dawn When I came to my senses The Sun was long gone I understood then What my Mum used to say: When you live in tomorrow Then you miss today
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Torah vs. Cell Phone

By obormottel
Ever wonder what would happen if we treated the Torah as we treat our cell phone? What if we carried it around in our purse or pocket every day? What if we looked through it many times each day? What if we turned back to go get it if we forgot it? What if we always checke...
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