Tips & Suggestions

This ;motzaei Shabbos ;I had to stay up half the night for a work related item. I had not anticipated having to stay up and was caught somewhat off guard. All the symptoms that normally preceded a slip began appearing. I was resentful for having to stay up, there was a stretch of idle time in the...

B"H I have reached 90 days. Mazal Tov. I can't begin to express my gratitude to you and your web site on helping me reach this stage. The way I look at 90 days, is like finally finishing the first step to healing from this disease. I see this as being the first step of a long journey that I am e...

Today, Yaakov is doing fantastically well and is helping us inspire many other strugglers on the forum. Hi, I am new to this forum. I have been reading some of your posts in the past few weeks as I was trying to get acquainted with the site and I have been so inspired. I am so happy to finally ha...

If you're feeling down, vulnerable, weak or depressed, it's easy to begin to feel that this journey to sobriety is just "not worth it"... But perhaps a "paradigm shift" in attitude can change everything. ;What's a "paradigm shift"? Stephen Covey (author of the best-selling "7 Habits of highly eff...

Ahron Posted on the Forum: I have gotten to the point where I can ;occasionally ;understand why "normal" people view p***n as repulsive (not all the time though). I'm happy about that. However seeing pretty women on the street, even with no further thought beyond the first glance, triggers lust i...

In our "Practical Tips" section on our site (at the very bottom of the page), we present a tip called "The Last Resort" for someone who is about to stumble. We offer ;an alternative to viewing pictures of flesh that will turn one "on", namely by showing pictures of flesh that will turn one "off"....

I was on the street, walking back from getting lunch at a milchig restaurant in Manhattan because of course, it's the Nine Days so we don't eat meat. But the Yetzer Hara doesn't mind that one, it seems. He was much more intent on getting me to lust after women who felt that 90 degrees and humid j...

Here's what helped me after a 15 year addiction. . . A rabbi was saying that if you would rather DIE than eat a bug, that Hashem won't have it happen that you will ever eat a bug. I had heard this before as a Chasidic story, but the Rabbi said it in such a way, he said that if there is any sin wh...

HOW TO START EACH DAY RIGHT 1. Open a new file in your computer.2. Name it 'Lust'. ;3. Send it to the Recycle Bin. ;4. Empty the Recycle Bin. ;5. Your PC will ask you: 'Do you really want to get rid of Lust?6. Firmly Click 'Yes'

I just saw an ad for GYE on ;YeshivaWorld.com. It reminded me of the ad I saw last August that changed my life. Wow - it's almost a year that I'm clean of the bad stuff!! ;(See Jack's 90 day timeline ;here). But, I know I could fall in a second - so I'd better not be too haughty. A person can fal...