Tips & Suggestions

The Yetzer Hara is stronger than us. We have no hope of beating him alone. After all, he was created by Hashem, so it's like trying to fight Hashem himself! The only way we can win him over is when Hashem himself steps in to fight for us. ;But how do we get Hashem to do this for us? I saw a beau...

The chizuk emails have been deepening something that I've been using lately to help fight the yetzer hara. Last year while learning Baba Metzia, the Rav gave and incredible explanation of the concept of 'kinyan'. ; He drew from Rebbe Nachman and other sources and described that there are many lev...

One of our members (whose story can be seen ;here) wrote the following e-mail to his partner who was struggling to break free of this addiction:   There are 2 areas that need to be addressed when dealing with this - the root cause, and the practical day-to-day challenges. For the root cause, I wo...

"Battleworn" posted recently on ;the Forum ; I want to point out a few things that I didn't know when I was a Bachur. I hope others will benefit from my experience. ;1) The struggle is not a problem but rather a gift from Hashem to make us grow. Although we must always avoid nisyonos (tests) as m...

"Nomer" posted on ;the Forum When you have an urge to check out a news story that involves anything sexual just to peak your interest or to stay informed of the 'news', AVOID it like the devil!!! I have fallen into this trap quite a few times and although it seemed innocent at first, it resulted ...

Rabbi Avraham J. Twerski sent us an article he found in Hebrew that he thought would be useful for our Chizuk (I believe that Rabbi Twerski personally translated it into English for us). Advice for Someone Tempted to View Forbidden Pictures - and a Tikkun If the ;yetzer hara is so powerful that ...

When the Yetzer Hara strikes hard and we feel suddenly weak, vulnerable and afraid of falling, here are three things a person can do to save themselves: 1) Stop what you are doing and cry out to Hashem. ;"Hashem, ;the Yetzer Hara ;is too strong for me. I need you. I can't do this without you!". T...

If you are sitting by the computer at work and a strong urge comes to you, just get up and walk out of the room. Take a walk and pray. Whenever you feel weak, just stop what you are doing and pray. Say: ;"Hashem, please save me from this menuval! He is too strong for me! Only you can help me. Oth...

Our website and network ;is called "GuardUrEyes" because the eyes are the "windows to the soul". All the limbs of the body - ;including the heart and mind, follow the purity of the eyes. No matter how complex this disease seems to be, emotionally, psychologically, physically, etc... it all boils ...

Today is Hoshana Rabba, the last chance for Teshuvah before the final "Chasimah" of the new year. We need to have a clear cut plan if we want to succeed in doing true Teshuvah. We need to make sure that visiting forbidden sites and masturbation is simply "not an option" for us any more. Once a pe...