Hello guests.  I am writing this thread to try and get you to jump on the GYE bandwagon.  If you've read a little here you see no one is going to judge you.  No one is going to attack you.  So why not join?  Why not start the process to feeling better.  No need to be scared.  I was scared when I joined and realized about three posts in, why be nervous.  Just write how you feel.  It's the best thing I have ever done in my life period.

So what made me join you might ask.  I read the first few paragraphs of the handbook and boy, I knew I was in the right place.  I signed up about 30 minutes later and haven't looked back.  
MEMBERS-  Was their something specific that made you join?  
GUESTS-  Welcome and hope you sign up and join it.  You won't regret it.

[Moderator's Note: Just corrected spelling to "GYE"].

Originally, I wasn't sure what to do - on the one hand, it felt kinda strange to just post a "hi everyone!" type of posting, but it also seemed weird to just randomly share my thoughts on someone else's post!

I got started by posting about my question of how I should count 90 days, and from there, became more comfortable with other members.

But really - starting off with a little about yourself, or even just a "hi - I'm here to improve" is a great way to break the ice.

GYE has helped me grow in ways I never thought possible, and provides a framework of people who care about me to help me feel good while I do so.

Tell you what - if you're not sure how to start, drop by my thread (click the link under this post)and read some of the recent posts (click on the later pages), and then comment. I promise to welcome you!

I dismissed the forum and just looked at parts of the site for a while. Then when feeling desperate one time, I went to "contact" and emailed Guard to put my story on the site because I thought it would help me to have my story public. He put it on the home page and also suggested I post it on the forum, so I did. Now I can't get off the darn thing.

We are actually in the process of creating a website for Jews struggling with GYE addictions. We already have haskamos from leading Rabbonim, a 90 day - GYE Free - chart, a vibrant forum, chizuk emails, and thousands of tips from other struggling Jews.

Kollel Guy - We're trying to appear normal here, so people will feel comfortable joining in, right?? :D

Kollel Guy wrote on 28 Jan 2010 21:54:
Well everytime i try and do the 90 days of this addiction i get yelled at for leaving!! > >    :D :D

Let's hope we get people to join in a little.  If its from joking or telling a truthful tale of how we got here, doesn't matter.  I know without GYE I would not be in the same place I am now.

I first joined when it opened-up. But it was no more than a pathetic bulletin board, and I had no interest in doing blogs. I next checked in about 8 months later, out of curiosity, and WOW there where people! So I started by posting occasional hashkafah 'corrections' and tidbits from sefarim....and now I let myself get hooked on the blog format of this thing. B"H I don't actualy read 90% of the threads, otherwise I would waste too much time here.

But overal it gives me a place to turn to, It's almost like turning to your parents for help and guidance. There are the posters that I don't want to dissapoint with a fall, and there are others where I turn for chizuk. And like every structured family I can always come, for a good chat to lift me out of depression. GYE serves the role that my own parents should be doing, if they only how to be good parents (and what I do online).

GYE is my family, and one day I will B"H have a real one, but untill then I have you guys.....

I agree with silentbattle.  If someone wants to drop by any of my threads, post something and I will gladly welcome you. 

As I told my wife when I signed up, no one at GYE bites.  They help!

sci1977 wrote on 29 Jan 2010 14:19:
Good thing you clarified! i was starting to get nervous. I dont bite sci, right?? :-\ :-\ :-\

Nope, no one here bites.  Thanks for posting here IT25!!!

I'm posting to keep this thread toward the top - if you haven't posted yet, I think you should - I'll say it again, this forum has helped me grow in ways I would not have thought possible.

Thanks SB, very selfless to post here to try and keep it towards the top.  Who knows if it's helping our guest, maybe one day we will find out.

For those who are skeptical about the job this site does................just check out my avatar!!! It wont take you long to be convinced!

imtrying25 wrote on 01 Feb 2010 21:55:


Forget your avatar!!!  They should read your thread.