Tips & Suggestions

Someone wrote in today some thoughts that help him, and I would like to share them with everyone: I just want to tell you that your site and chizuk etc. seems to have helped me a lot, and is continuing to do so. Hashem Yishmereinu veyechzkeinu. Some additional thoughts: 1. Stopping these things...

Someone that I am a sponsor for, recently wrote me as follows: One of the ideas mentioned on ;the weekly call this past Tuesday that I thought was great, is that it's OK to let painful feelings just sit there. ; It's OK to be in pain - it's part of life and it will pass. ; We addicts are not awar...

Someone posted something beautiful on the forum. Ahhh, the Yetzer Harah. ; Yes, this shmendrick IS stronger than us, and yes, without Hashems help, we have NO chance of overcoming him. He knows this truth, and I personally have experienced this over many many years. I had realized that the ONLY c...

Someone recently sent us the following e-mail: I first of all wanted to thank you very much for all your efforts & chizuk. I wanted to share my experience with you so if you think it's appropriate to share it with everyone, you can. I was R'L a serious addict and for me it was a daily and som...

It's Elul and we all want to start doing Teshuvah, but we ask ourselves "Where do we start?". Someone posted on the forum yesterday something simple ;yet profound from the ;Chofetz Chaim (and we added it to our ;Teshuva page). The ;Chofetz Chaim says that the essence of doing Teshuvah is to make ...

The Gemara in Kidushin 81/a tells a story: Some women who had been taken captive were redeemed and brought to Nehardai. They were kept in the attic of Rav Amram the Chasid and ;the ladder was removed. At night, a ;beam of light reflected ;off one of the women, revealing her beauty. Rav Amram was ...

The ;"Jewish Healing Group" had a great FREE session this past Tuesday night, with a professional sex-therapist on the line who offered a lot of important information of the nature of the addiction. One important ;aspect mentioned by the therapist was, that although we are all religious, ;Mussar ...

Posted by 'Mevakesh Hashem' on ;the forum: One who thinks that they are ever "in full control" is opening himself up for a nasty fall, as the Yetzer Hara is a lot stronger than you! One must ALWAYS realize that they are never "in full control", rather they are in the control of Hashem Yisborach!...

Here are some excerpts from a discussion on ;our forum that's just packed with great tips and chizuk! (Some slight editing was done to make it easier to read). "Frumthinker" writes: I came across this site today, and I felt compelled to make some comments here. I won't say that I am very far alon...

In the summer time, many people have lots of time on their hands. The ;Michtav M'Eliahu (R. Dessler zt"l) writes ;that the mind is like a vast empty field. This field will not remain empty. If you do not fill it with good positive thoughts, or busy yourself with something, whether it be learning,...