Rabbi Dr. Avraham Twerski

There are many people who are desperate and say that they would do ;anything ;to be free of the compulsion. Here is something that will indeed take much ;effort, but if one is really ready to do ;anything, this can help greatly: WATCH YOUR SPEECH! Be meticulous in avoiding ALL ;l...

There was an incident that taught me something about turning to Hashem for help: At a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous in Jerusalem, one man who was seven years sober related that he had resisted AA at first because it was God-oriented, and he was an atheist. "One day", he said, "I w...

One of the slogans of the 12-step program is "Keep it simple (stupid)". It is important to keep things simple. We make things difficult by complicating them. "Simple" does not mean "easy." A command to lift a 100 pound weight is simple, it's just very hard. If we keep things s...

Dear Guard, Please read my story below. I need advice about what I must do now. My name is Rabbi Moshe, I am a sex and love addict and a kiruv professional. My addiction has progressed to exhibitionism, threatening my parnosso and my sanity. I am also very addicted to porn and masturbation, livin...

Her nickname comes from the famous saying, "As long as the candle still burns, 'efshar Letakein' - one can still fix" In honor of her joyful announcement, we uploaded a beautiful niggun called "The candle still burns" - a perfect song for her story, and particularly ...

I heard Rabbi/Dr.Tweski speak a couple of days ago and he asked, "why is the ;bracha of ;'she'asah li kol zarki - ;He did for me all my needs' in past tense, when the other birchos hashachar are in present tense? He answered that ;chazal didn't want people to make the ;bracha while thinking, ;"he...

I have the ;zechus of hearing Rabbi/Dr.Twerksi speak most days for a few minutes in between Mincha and Maariv. Today, Hashem gave me some much needed chizuk. Rabbi Twerksi asked the famous question from the ;parsha, what does the pasuk mean that Yaakov's waiting for Rochel felt like ;"yammim acha...

Dear Rabbi Twerski, My wife found out I was viewing pictures and she was very offended, and rightfully so. It almost ruined our marriage! However, since she found out and I admitted everything to her, literally everything, she suggested I get help. She thinks I have an addiction. She could be rig...

Dear R' Twersky shlita, I am a yeshiva bochur who recently joined the Guardureyes website after many years of struggling with my addiction. From when I was a very young kid I began to take an enormous amount of interest in females. Over time, it turned into a full blown addiction. Every woman or...

Hello Rabbi Twerski, I am a 21 year old Yeshivah Bochur and college student. I started lusting at the very end of 8th grade. I've been involved masturbation, pornography and even bad chatting, but B'H I have been shomer Negiah throughout high school. I joined GuardYourEyes in the end of April '09...