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A chance to be a real "Tzaddik"

By GYE Corp.
If G-d has given you these struggles he is saying to you "I don't want you just to be an average Jew like everyone else, I am giving you a chance to be a real "Tzaddik".   One member wrote: "In retrospect, I have to thank G-d for all the struggles he gave me in breaking f...
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That's a chidush

By GYE Corp.
"Battleworn" posted something really nice today on the forum to strengthen a fellow struggler: The fact that you are struggling is not a chidush (it's nothing new). But the fact the you're waging war against such a powerful force, now that's a chidush. And that you haven'...
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Trick the trickster

By GYE Corp.
Here are some excerpts from a discussion on our forum that's just packed with great tips and chizuk! (Some slight editing was done to make it easier to read). "Frumthinker" writes: I came across this site today, and I felt compelled to make some comments here. I won't say...
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Hashem is ALWAYS at the window

By GYE Corp.
I came across some great chizuk that "Mevakesh Hashem" posted on our forum to someone who is just starting out on their journey and is having a hard time:   When the Yetzer Hara realizes that you are ready for real to give up the evil addiction, that's when he tightens th...
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Mazel Tov Jack

By GYE Corp.
MAZAL TOV to our dear member Jack for reaching 90 clean days! We added a new "Simcha Niggun" to our Music page in honor of Jack's achievement (scroll down to the 'Simcha Nigunim'). Let's put on Jack's Simcha Niggun (set it to loop) and let's dance together with Jack in o...
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Addicted to this website

By GYE Corp.
An inspiring Post on the Forum from "Chasdei Avos" I just wanted to share that I have been clean, bli ayin Horah, since Rosh Chodesh Elul. I get chills just saying that. Thank You Hashem so much. I must say, my shalom bayis, including both emotional and physical, contin...
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A complete loss?

By GYE Corp.
"Me" posted on the Forum:I saw in the Le'kutei Moran (Torah 25) an unbelievable Limud that pertains to all of us. (The following is my Hakdamah): We have our ups, and then our downs. Then we go up again and down again. Sometimes when we start to fall, we get depressed, an...
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The problem was with my connection

By GYE Corp.
Most Yidden go through life content with doing the Mitzvos in the same way that they were taught as kids, never developing a deeper connection with their spirituality. However, this struggle often forces us to realize that without a true connection to our ideals, even the...
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Realized that I am sick

By GYE Corp.
One of our members was once a hard-core addict in the worst ways and was sent by Rabbi Avraham Twerski to the SA groups. His life had hit rock bottom and having no choice, he joined the groups and worked the 12 steps program until it became his very "life-blood". He learn...
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Part of the process

By GYE Corp.
"Jack" Posted: To the people that think they are not doing well because they are still falling: it is a process. In the beginning of the process, you think you're not doing well because you still fall. But falling and getting up is PART OF THE PROCESS. What do you think, ...
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The critical error

By GYE Corp.
Here are excerpts from an inspiring post by "Boruch" on the forum (edited a bit for clarity): Until recently, deep down, I believed that I was really in control and if only I wanted to enough... But that was the critical error. Because what I thought was my single greates...
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I can LIVE THE TRUTH

By GYE Corp.
"Struggling" Posted on the forum: What I don't miss today about my addiction: - Feeling shame and guilt. - Trying to cover my tracks - Sneaking around and trying to think of excuses - Lying to the people I love and who love me! - Having to turn the sound off on my compu...
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This moment is the only thing we have

By GYE Corp.
Yesterday, two great warriors on the forum hit Level 6, their 70th day clean! They call themselves "BeHoly" and "Ano-nymous" - a Buchor. We are looking forward to making a big Le'chayim for them when they reach the 90 Day "Wall of Honor" chart. They both posted very insp...
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Personal Responsibility

By GYE Corp.
A new warrior who calls himself "Boruch" has joined the forum. After coming to the realization that he is dealing with a full blown addiction, he is strongly determined to break free of it. He said: "I now realize that half-hearted measures will not work anymore and I am ...
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Gift of clarity

By GYE Corp.
"Jack" posted on the forum to someone who is struggling with certain times of the week that he feels very vulnerable to falling: Get a sponsor who you can call anytime and call him when you feel the urge coming on. Put your head between your knees and brace yourself. Bite...
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Banish the Yetzer Hara

By GYE Corp.
Dear Members, the GuardUrEyes Forum is a vibrant community of Yidden determined to break the addiction and purify themselves. The amount of Teshuvah and Chizuk that goes on there every day is enough to banish the Yetzer Hara to the ends of the earth! If you haven't joined...
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Improve through resistance

By GYE Corp.
Jack sent me an e-mail recently: We couldn't improve in any area without resistance to what we are trying to achieve. It's that push, that brute force, that makes us stronger. In martial arts theory, we see an enemy not as an enemy, but as a chance to perfect ourselves....
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Take the dumpster out of your house

By GYE Corp.
I would like to bring an important message today from Elya K (moderator of the free 12-Step phone conferences) that he posted on the forum: I was recently at a conference, and one of the groups was having a discussion about internet filters and someone brought up the poin...
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