Tips & Suggestions

Someone who has been on our forum for a long time and put in a lot of effort to break this addiction and yet still continued to have occasional falls, wrote on the forum: I think many of us have given it our all. We've made drastic changes in our lives, created many fences, worked so hard in our ...

I'm sorry if you weren't warned, but the fact is - this forum is a one way street; there is no leaving! This is a club of fighters, not winners. In truth, we ;are winners, because ;not giving up IS winning. ;When the angels claimed that the Torah should be given to them and not us, Hashem answer...

Rav Arush discusses how people get depressed because even though they try their best to succeed, they fail and continue to fall. ;He writes that if someone gets depressed, he should realize that he doesn't have enough Emunah, because he thinks that he could accomplish something that Hashem didn't...

The miracle is in process at this very moment! It is more useful for me to be aware of one short coming in myself, than realizing a thousand in someone else. Happiness is not ready made, it is built through our actions. I know that true happiness comes from Hashem - and it comes ;from within...

I have really begun to feel and see the Yad Hashem more and more as I learn to ;let go of control. Strangely, the idea that I am not in control has led me to ;increased responsibility for my actions, because they are the sole thing for which I am responsible (Hashem is 100% in charge of the resul...

I need to learn from my fall, and this past fall has taught me that I have to cancel my Facebook account. It's really a waste of time anyway. The only reason I've been keeping the account is to see what's new in my friend's lives, see new photos of their kids, and have all of their email addresse...

Excerpts of Battleworns's "Torah Approach" on our Forum ;Here. In this struggle, we must internalize the following truths: a) Those who struggle with this issue should understand that the purpose Hashem sent us to this world was to work on this very issue! b) The reason we are given a lifetime, i...

I'm sorry to say I had a fall yesterday. I didn't post right away, cuz I was depressed. I was extremely MAD at myself and I felt soooooooooo lost. I hated every part of me and my animalistic desire to sin. The feeling of shame trickled down all over my body. I felt oh so far f...

There are many people who are desperate and say that they would do ;anything ;to be free of the compulsion. Here is something that will indeed take much ;effort, but if one is really ready to do ;anything, this can help greatly: WATCH YOUR SPEECH! Be meticulous in avoiding ALL ;l...

There was an incident that taught me something about turning to Hashem for help: At a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous in Jerusalem, one man who was seven years sober related that he had resisted AA at first because it was God-oriented, and he was an atheist. "One day", he said, "I w...