Tips & Suggestions

Click here to listen to a short audio (4 min), describing the background to this challenge. It all started in the garden of Eden thousands of years ago, as it says: "And she SAW that the tree was good to eat and that it was DESIRABLE TO THE EYES..." ;As the final generation before Moshiach, we h...

Before I share what works for me, I want to thank this wonderful organization from the bottom of my heart for the amazing things it has accomplished.  Without the GYE community, I would be lost as I try to navigate this increasingly insane world.

For many years I struggled with being me. I couldn't deal with my life, so I used a number of unhealthy coping mechanisms and numbing/escapism type behaviors. I was in a constant spiral where I'd crash, feel unworthy, despair and be utterly hopeless, feel like there was no point living.

I am currently over 7 months clean and still have depression (for which I take medicine), and I get into the escape mode a lot (I surf the news or just try to numb my existence). I'm feeling lost, what am I missing?

Today is the 19th of Kislev, the yahrzeit of the Maggid of Mezritch. I was learning his sefer and he was talking about fearing Hashem and loving Hashem.

I heard someone mention that he would be embarrassed for anyone to find out about his history even if he would be clean for many years. This attitude makes one refrain from joining live groups and in turn, can push off the real recovery. How can we overcome this feeling of embarrassment?

I ask my Higher Power to help me realize what He is trying to teach me through these challenges and what I need to correct in my thoughts or actions as a result

I run a business entirely online, and yet I don't own a smartphone or have internet access at home. If anyone would like to discuss how it's possible to remove the constant connectivity--which basically increases the chances of falling--and still manage to run a business successfully, I invite th...

Rigzu - get mad at your Yetzer. If that doesn't work, then fix your mind on - V’al techta’u - I will not sin, no matter what. Imru bilvavchem al mishkavchem - make a physical Siman or barrier on your bed, and then - Vedomu - lie stone-still, don't move, even to the point of Selah - even if it's a...

This can be called a sobriety statement or a prayer, whatever works for you: "God (or Higher Power) I am powerless over this addiction and I surrender it to You. I turn my life and will over to Your care Please help me, I'm in Your hands." ---------------------------------------- The main part is...