Members Share Inspiration

There is a huge difference between "fulfilling desires" and "happiness". Fulfilling desires is like scratching an "itch". It may feel like we need to. It may feel good while we do it, but scratching just makes the itch worse - and it brings no happiness whatsoever. Onl...

Thanks for the constant chizuk. B"H I am on day 16 today! Hi, just wanted to share and amazing quote from the Chazon Ish z"l: "מעלתו ויחודיו של האדם אינו בכך שיכול לעשות מה שרוצה אלא בכך שיכול לעשות מה שאינו רוצה"Translation: "The greatness and uniqueness of man is not ...

Sholom to all my brothers-in-arms! I would like to share some stuff: you know, it helps just to know people in the same boat as me read my stuff. So thank you ahead of time - this comradery helps us grow. It helped me 6 years ago and it helps me now. We have to have patie...

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...

"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'...

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...

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...

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...

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...

"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...