Cordy, you said good shabbos because this week was a special one here on the beach...

Pidaini wrote:



Yeah man, same here. i have not spoken to a soul about my struggle. People just won't take it the right way, and even if maybe they do, i don't trust 'em.

gye- Grants Your Emotions, a healthy release.

Football is a game played by men
Gotta run, hit da ground and get up again
Preparation durin' the week is a definite must
and so it is with recovery from lust.

Gotta shvitz, gotta train, muscles to build
Otherwise, you gonna get killed
Guys on the other side can be pretty tough
Scrownin' and growlin' their looks pretty gruff

If you ain't prepared and you're just skin and bone
Da coach (memories) will bench you - you'll be sittin' alone
you go on that field with a sly silly smile
Cornerback will kick you - for at least half a mile

And so it is when we wake up each morn
And that desire hits - I wanna watch porn
Are you prepared? Did you work on the steps?
Or were you preoccupied with women and sex?

The ultimate goal is to score a touchdown
But a cheerleader, a mascot or a silly clown
Won't get you those points if youre in the band
Playin' the game with the ball in your hand

Yippee I, yippee o; Go team go!
Silly jumpin' jacks - performin' a show
Makes you feel good - bit it takes no courage
Unless you join the big boys on the line of scrimmage.

It may be a sport, but it ain't for no patsies
No style points awarded - unlike the Grammies
All men are welcome to don the uniform and helmet
Work hard and get ready - you won't get the hatchet.

While the ultimate prize is one hundred yards
It's a large playin' field - must always be on guard
Can't do it all at once with a heave and a bomb
Do it methodically - must remain calm

Several yards at a time - over and over
Focused and vigilant - cant afford a turnover
Accumulate first downs - your opponent gets weary
Every ounce of confidence - it begins to get scary

Again and again - you knock him to the grass dirt
he's left starin' at the sky - flat on his bloodied & hurt
Not sure on the nimshal, but one thing's certainly known
To score points - you gotta get outta your comfort zone.

If you keep at what's easy - it'll be good for a while
But eventually you'll return to your old lifestyle
Try somethin' new - that you won't necessarily like
for otherwise, you will have that same old psych

Lust that's inside of us - it wants the big fix
"Connect with me; make me whole" - we were true addicts
Reality driven inward - the connection was magic
the remorse and emptiness - the cycle was tragic

End on a high note - the super bowl shuffle
One can get there - if his feathers he does ruffle
And yet, the focus gotta remain on the play that's ahead
and that decision is really a "life or death"

b'hatzlachah

Gevaldigggggggg!!!

too many "g"s in gevalidi'!

You can have the extras

Someone was tellin' me tonite that the yesod behind all of the tools....whitebook, reachin' out, SA, 12 steps is to obtain a higher degree of willpower greater than the will of actin' out. I'm not sure by all of them, but this is not the way I would summarize them. The steps, I believe, is precisely the opposite, or close to it. The surrender of my will and of my bein' to a Higher Power. This fellow is doin' very well with his beliefs, but I just didn't see it that way. He also went on that obtainin' this strong willpower is by connectin' to God.

b'hatzlachah

cordnoy wrote:


am with you.
i consider myself a strong-willed person ( some call it stubborn!!!)
but after using all my willpower, i couldn't shake it off.
what's more, the actual realization of how powerless i trully am when i get hit, shows me the strength gotta come from somewhere else [latching onto power that isn't my own].
i seriously doubt if that fellow was addicted. maybe he was struggling with lust in a non addictive way.

Gevura Shebyesod wrote:


After reading those lines
of pure ingenious rhymes
my heart is brimming full
by knowing what is the goal

the talent included
not at all convoluted
the message is clear
for everyone to hear

Thank you so much
for giving such a special touch
to my experience on GYEee
and to the meaning of my journey

i guess poetry is in
as a way to beat sin
so please understand
i'm "tryin" my hand

gotta keep away, a MUST
from that slimy biting LUST
reminds me of a snake
my soul he wanna take

i run away, yes siree
despite my famous karate
no fight is left in me
i head straight for G.Y.E

there i got my good friends
we tie up the loose ends
posting day and night
learning wrong from right

Thank Hashem for this place
it really saves my face
and thank all you readers
the newies and the leaders

have to run, gotta go
life is like a yo-yo
beg you all, pray 4 me
i love you all, lavi

I don't have much time
To respond to you in rhyme
So just a Haiku

Thank you one and all
Keeping us away from falls
And for Chizuk too

May you all be blessed
A new year full of the best
this whole holy crew

Roses are red
Violets are blue
I stink at poetry
Unlike the rest of you.

i can just pick a boo
and shmeichel back to you
although i came from the zoo
but now with friends like you
who helped me all the way through
all i can say is thank you

The peer pressure is there
to make up a rhyme.
though for me it is quite rare
to put in the time.

but how can i be quiet
and stand on the side?
i guess i must try it
and not just go hide.

Guard Your Eyes has for me
opened up a new world
i have grown like a tree
since i joined the fold

there are so many as I
that have gone to the slums
but now we don't ask why
we just deal with what comes.

we look forward to the day
in the near future, we pray

that we can honestly trust
that we have won over lust

So i want to wish all my new pals
before i shall tear
to be finished with gals
and have a healthy new year.

Lately, the topic has been about composin' a rhyme
but I'd like to switch to the 12 steps - one day at a time

ok....forget that (the rhymin' that is)

A new book is bein' published, and we have gotten hold of the rough draft of it.
from Rabbi tannenbaum.

firstly, he discusses the necessity and the purpose behind the 12 steps.
That is crucial stuff!

but then, he gets into the main topic: Are the steps against the Torah? Are they sourced in other religions? Are we veerin' from our tradition?

Here is the openin' question:

1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol -- that our lives had become unmanageable.
In this step, the Jew is asked to admit that he cannot stop his addiction on his own, and that his life has now become unmanageable as a result.
Certainly, admitting to one’s self a fault or shortcoming does not need a source. The idea of admitting that his shortcoming has caused his life to become chaotic also does not need a source.
The question that people ask on this step lies in the word “powerless”. This word seems to imply that the alcoholic or addicted Jew does not have free will to stop their maladaptive behavior-here, the Jewish AA critics scream “but this cannot be because Hashem gives every Jew free will, and the Ramban teaches that God does not give any Jew a test that he cannot pass!? Surely, then, Jewish addicted people can stop drinking or drugging at any time, and step one of AA is against the Torah?!”
By adding an exclamation mark and question mark at the end of the previous sentence, I attempted to convey to you the excitement and bewilderment that the AA critics usually show on their facial expressions when asking this question.