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I came home from work tonight, hungry, tired and irritable. All the wanting to act out thoughts were popping up in my head. I was thinking to myself "what am I doing wrong? Why is today different than yesterday when I was so serene? Dear G-D, help me I need you, I can't d...

The filter gabai matched me up almost a year ago with a Great guy from another neighborhood. Last night, he was in the area and we met for the 1st time face to face. We have spoken by phone many many times. In fact the ONLY connection he has with GYE is his relationship w...

To Guardyoureyes, Thank you for helping me fight this habit and aiding me in my journey to improve myself. I have recently reached 90 days clean, without slips or falls. I am currently at 101 with only a small slip, and I hope to keep at it b"h. I pray that I will keep im...

I'm so grateful to Hashem, SA, GYE, and all the support. I realized today that I need to surrender more. I read in the White Book that part of surrender is surrendering the right to act out. Another big Yesod of SA is that the recovery and surrender has to be against lust...

I would just like to share with you something incredible which just happened to me.3 days ago it was my 40th day without masturbation and porn. I got a kind of fever, cough, sore mouth and throat and I was generally feeling not so good. At night just as I was saying the S...

So I was learning Chovos Halevovos last night and Rabeinu Bachya talks about the chesbon a person has to make regarding the wonders of creation; the ones we take for granted because they are so common, but that are nonetheless no less amazing. Says the C"H that just beca...

Hey, I need to thank you... A while back you recommended SSRI medication (after all else had failed - even live SA groups) and I dismissed it. But having failed repeatedly without meds, I started taking them and they've done wonders... I haven't had any lust attacks and I...

I'm over 30 days clean since joining the site. I installed k9 and webchaver and gave the password to friends. I also receive the daily chizuk emails and regularly read the GYE site and forums to gain chizuk from other stories. Additionally, I downloaded and read both ha...

"Reb Yid" wrote us recently: Hi. I've been a Rebbe and a mentor of elementary school children for many years. I always suffered with Shmiras Ainayim since my Bar Mitzva. I've also been dealing with the addiction for about 20 years, although I didn't realize it was an addi...

I was masturbating before I knew there was anything wrong with it.Going back 20 years, I was exposed to Porn in mags and by phone (who here remembers those business cards and fake dollar bills that the Amaleknik Porn-Pushers Yemach Shemam Vezichram used to scatter all ove...