Mstrbtng taking break just biding time finals were great wud love to see rematch

Hang in there.
(Oh for me; smart phone into the bathroom was a huge problem: don't take it in with you if you have the same issue.)
-Gingy

...ואין משלחת במלחמה

Gingy it's not the bathroom it's more just late st night in bed when I like to listen to radio with my headphones (so my wife can sleep) my k9 browser doesn't block romantic excerpts nor pics of women anyone know how to blOk these things?

So don't take your phone to bed with you. Get a Sansa Clip or something like that to listen to music with. THe K9 on the phone is not really strict enough but I don't know of anything better.

Hatzlacha and KOMT!!!

Gevura!

Not that you'd like this, but:

You will get what you really want.

I suggest starting to make phone calls to some trusted friends in this same pickle as you whenever the situation you described occurs - and each time, giving it up by admitting what you are doing/want to do.

It is a start...if you really want to quit.

I do this when I want to act out. Over time, admitting the truth works wonders.

Inline with what Dov just said:
I had a strong urge to look at neighbor in pool. Called the wife, whom I told everything shortly after I joined GYE, and letting her know lifted most of the stress because the struggle was not just inside me but was voiced to another person who cares about my situation.
(Not that you need to confide in significant other, but calling someone else explaining what you are thinking of doing before you do it helps a lot)
-Gingy

Actually, it is often the only way we really prove that we are ready to let it go. Otherwise, "wishing to quit" is just more lying to ourselves, that's all.

Our actions usually prove what we really want.

I think I've made a step forward by telling my wife abt my iPhone foibles but I need to now tell ppl before I did it
U guys r right thx for the posts

I still think dropping it in the toilet is the best suggestion .

Anyway, it sounds like you are waiting for a filter to save you. "If only K9 would block everything, I'd be ok." A filter is a helpful tool, but it's like riding on a sinking ship and wishing you had a better bucket to bail water. Get off the boat and onto a life raft my friend! Then head for the nearest truck .

I enjoy my iphone- helps me with music and games during my long commutes for my internship
The internet is also helpful to look things up (when I dont have a cpu)
So I dont think I will destroy it, but with that being said I do need to limit my useage (especically at nights- which I primarily use it to listen to radio but then I slip with whatever it doesnt blok. Maybe I should shut my phone down at a certain hour.

I have had a couple clean days- thank God.

Sure it helps, but it also causes you untold pain. No one ever said it wasn't helpful.

As a techie, I know I could have a tremendous amount of use out of a smartphone...
and even before I joined GYE, I made a decision that Yotzo Scharo B'Hefseido. BIG TIME.
Just my opinion. When anybody asks my advice (people know to ask me tech questions), I tell them that.

Hatzlacha!
Meir

Sg,

Like I mentioned before, maybe leave your phone in another room overnight and get an MP3 player to listen to music in bed. Some of them like the Sansa Clip have FM radio too. Or you can get an old-fashioned transistor radio (Do they even still make those?)

I know listening to that stuff isn't the greatest thing to be doing but it's tons better than looking at things on the iPhone....

Hatzlacha and KOMT!!

Gevura!

Hi Guys,

Iv also rBH, I have been clean for some time now especially from the more "hectic" porn, I still find myself slipping through the cracks on the odd occasion. Its so weird because I will actually feel bad while I am looking at it , but that doesnt seem to top me

I have recently been having the issue with my phone in the bathroom. Its like the one place my YH keeps getting me. I have installed K9 on my computer at home and I have a laptop that my wife and I share so I make sure never to look at anything dodgy there which has helped me a lot. My Ipad has K9 also but there are still things that it doesnt block out. I have been thinking the best bet would be to load WebChaver onto that, I know that if someone else will be monitoring me, Ill be able to at least limit looking at the stuff. Still poses a problem of thoughts as there is no "mechanical" way to filter those but Its a lot easier to limit what i think about when there isnt the graphics and the literature to support it.

Just my 2 cents worth on the matter. In short.... Its a long journey, so take each day as it comes, be strong and daven