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The typical fellow on GYE is a nice guy. He learns, davens, puts on tzitzis and tefillin, is careful with Shabbos, kashrus, and inyonim bain adam l'chaveiro. His "chart" in shomayim is looking good. Comes Elul, and he asks himself - Can i learn and daven better/more? Can ...

Today is a momentous day for me b"h. Day 1,000!!!!!!! I'm getting emotional... First off THANK YOU HASHEM!!! I know without a doubt that this wouldn't have been possible without your loving hand guiding me along. I'd like to take the opportunity to reflect on some of the ...

“Any open vessel which is not sealed is impure” (Numbers/Bamidbar 19:15) FAILURE TO GUARD YOUR EYES WILL BRING DOUBTS AND CONFUSION To our sorrow, we have recently learned that even among parents who educate their children in Torah institutions, some think that they may a...

Dear addicts, My husband was so bold and so over-confident that he behaved as if he ruled the world and thought he was infalable. He even performed his addiction in front of my eyes without shame. For many years of our marriage he would turn on the computer after the kids...

I was at a wedding last night and there was lots of stuff to look at, the cake, the miniatures, the bar, the choir, oh, and the women. I practiced. Closed my eyes, took some deep breaths and whispered gam zeh ya'avor ("this too, shall pass"). And eventually, they all did...

Parshas Shlach 5781 To help us keep inspired through Shabbos, GuardYourEyes is proud to present Weekly Newsletter #32, designed to be printed out and read over Shabbos. The pamphlet contains stories, divrei Torah, practical advice, humor and chizuk, all relating to the st...

Teen: So I was successful for 2 weeks and then I messed up (the school doesn't filter the computers that they give out). Dov: You practiced the right thing for 2 weeks. You got 2 weeks worth of practice living the clean life. Nice! Teen: Yeah def. I guess the only way t...

When I start to fantasise or have euphoric recall, I have to accept I cannot use lust successfully. Can you share how you diffuse the situation? Specifically, people have been saying "get on your knees and ask for G-d". Where does G-d come into those moments? Dov Responds...

We’re super excited to announce that the long awaited GYE 2.0 is finally available for early access to current GYE members. For the past 3 years, GYE’s R&D team has sifted through mountains of brain science research relating to addiction and behavior change, as well a...

Dov, who is clean in SA for 25 years, quoted Rabbi Twerski z"l who once said that if a person is not truly an addict, it is highly unlikely they will ever work the 12 Step program honestly. So someone asked Dov: "How does one know if one is truly an addict?" Dov Responds:...

Hi all, just wanted to drop by and say hello. With a lot of help from God, I've been sober for about 4.5 years. And I'm sober today, thank G-d, which makes my life so much better. I'm enjoying life so much more than I ever did while acting out. Here's my story in a nutshe...

I haven't acted out for a few weeks, but I don't find my wife attractive. She's pregnant and doesn't wear makeup at home. What can I do? Yaakov Responds: First of all, who decreed that a man must be always attracted to his wife? Hashem gives each person what they need...

We all sing Rebbe Akivah's ma'amar about "Mikveh Yisroel Hashem" on Lag ba'Omer... Do we hear what we are saying? Hashem is our Mikvah - not the mikvah, but Hashem. Now, what's that supposed to mean? To me, it means that our mikvah of water is an embodiment of Hashem's Ch...

Launching a Whatsapp group - for GYE members only! Wouldn't it be great to have a Whatsapp group where you could reach out for help 24 hours a day, or post chizuk - just like on the GYE forums and chat rooms? We just launched a GYE Whatsapp group where you can: Connect w...

The sefer Veha'er Eineinu (Enlighten our Eyes) was written by Rabbi Yosef Shlomo Goldschmidt of Kiryat Sefer. It contains tremendous chizuk and down-to-earth advice on how to guard our eyes in today’s world, as well as a valuable compilation of sources from Chazal, Rishon...

Perek 5 in Mishlei is a chapter I believe every GYE member should memorize. Each word is a gem that can enlighten and inspire us. Click here for the full text and translation. Here are a few of the verses: כִּ֤י נֹ֣פֶת תִּ֖טֹּפְנָה שִׂפְתֵ֣י זָרָ֑ה וְחָלָ֖ק מִשֶּׁ֣מֶן חִכ...

We recently got a question from a popular Rav who deals with many young men. He wrote as follows: “A few people asked me lately; if someone watched porn in the past and now is getting married and they want to lower their expectations, can you give me advice or suggestions...

Transcript of Boost #749 here. I believe that the root of all desire is the need for Chiddush. Let me explain. When Hashem tried make the world’s tikkun all in one shot with Adam Harishon in Gan Eden, it failed. That’s why Hashem divided up the work into small bits and pi...