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Dear Guard, I wanted to wish you a K'sivah V'Chasimah Tovah. As I reflect on Rosh Hashanah I am filled with Hakoras Hatov. B'H, look what a year could bring. Last year at this time, I didn't know much about GYE, I didn't know much about the 12 steps, I didn't know Duvid C...

"Truth11" wrote: A few weeks ago I told myself that "I want out of this" - I just can't handle going through this all the time and I need to get help. Ironically, just saying that to myself, i.e. giving up in my own mind, helped me out a lot, as I felt relieved. Almost fo...

Today is the first anniversary of my joining this site. It truly has been of the most dramatic years of my life. I have changed how I look at this struggle, how I look at myself and how I act. I now know that I am not a monster or a terrible person, rather I am a normal h...

After years of struggles and frustrations, I searched shmiras einayim online and found an article on Aish and saw some guy referring to GYE. I came to this site and was shocked. It hit me that I am not a loser and I am not the only one dealing with this. I immediately fe...

I can't believe it has been one month. It seems like yesterday that I installed a filter and turned away from that world.A big thanks to everybody in this community, you have helped me in such a big way. My world used to be a rollercoaster ride. GYE has changed that by g...

An Indian non-Jew wrote to the filter gabai: I am very disheartened by pornography availability on internet. All our sages in India like Buddha, Mahavira, Guru Nanak, etc suggested us to avoid a provocative environment in the first 12 years of celibacy practice (which is ...

Hello Reb Guard Shlita, From the bottom of my heart, thank you for the tremendous work you have done and are continuing to do. May Hashem continue to bless you with much success in all areas of yours and guardyoureyes growth. July 19th will be my 365th day clean, making T...

B"H I'm doing better than ever. Slowly, staying sober and working on living right, I'm discovering a REAL PERSON underneath the exterior shell. I never knew he existed, I was always just "different". But B"H, no more. I am now like everyone else. Of course, that comes wi...

Rabbi Twerski wrote me the other day: A guy calls me today, whether I endorse GuardYourEyes, and I said Yes. Then he asked if their derech was "Daas Torah." I said, "How come you didn't call me to ask whether watching pornography was Daas Torah?" Meschugena world Twerski ...

You know how they say that the Torah's restrictions free a person? Well by working on myself to overcome this addiction, I am really starting to feel it down to my bones and tummy. It's like, now that I don't come home, collapse on my bed, open my laptop and 'do my thing'...

Be'H I will complete my second year of no porn / zera livatala very soon. To me, shmiras habris is the most important thing in the world. My first year's tactic was to read GYE and other material as much as I could. This past year, I decided to just not think about it at ...