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Hello 12 Sep 2013 21:03 #219028

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Hi i am a sexaholic I have been acting out for a good portion of my life I have been on the phone conference calls for a while with Duvid Chaim. I am looking for a sponsor to help me go through the steps is there anyone who would be able to help?

Re: Hello 12 Sep 2013 21:04 #219029

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Welcome to GYE!

We're looking forward to getting to know you!

Re: Hello 12 Sep 2013 21:50 #219038

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WELCOME davidswerl! Duvid Chaim should be able to get you a sponsor.

Re: Hello 12 Sep 2013 21:51 #219040

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I'm a sexaholic too, but don't know nuthin bout sponsrin no addicts.

I do want to say Welcome to the forum!

Re: Hello 12 Sep 2013 22:53 #219072

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I have one already and I have been trying to get in touch with duvid chaim but he hasnt asnwered me (he is moving/moved to Israel as I am sure you know) but I really need a good sponsor (as i am sure everyone does). I want a sponsor who is holding in the 12 steps and the big book and would be able to lead me through it just like duvid chaim has scott I want a scott.

Re: Hello 12 Sep 2013 23:02 #219078

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welcome to both of you

everyone here is around to help in some way or the other

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Re: Hello 13 Sep 2013 01:48 #219121

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Just curious, why not try real meetings. I'm sure you could find a good sponsor there.. On gye - who knows? you might get a guy that has no clue (and thinks hes scotty2) and mess things up big time. (By telling you to fight "machshovos zaros" and have more "self control" etc.) What your looking for is a real 12step veteran.. Gye is great to post and get to know people, but I dont think its a safe place to find a sponsor upon such an apeal. (Beshem Dov - Mipi Hashmua)

(*I mean a sponsor for addicts, not crticizing the parter program ch'v)

Re: Hello 13 Sep 2013 06:21 #219136

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that is a good point but I do not of any Jewish meetings...unless you think that having a Jewish sponsor is not a necessity and I would definitely hear that...but I have listened to a regular SA call and it was really not helpful at all...

Re: Hello 13 Sep 2013 11:54 #219158

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A jewish sponsor for sure can realte much better with us. However I dont think scott is jewish.. and Duvid Chaim writes that he learned a ton of him. Yes, somehow a sheigatz can show us how to start living..
Why not try it*. If you feel that you are not getting anything from it, at least you know you tried and did your best. (I love that feeling)

(*If you live in tel aviv, pm me, as I can get you in touch with someone that can tell you wich meetings NOT to go to )


Kol hakavod for your determination!

Whatever you decide, hatzlacha rabah!

Re: Hello 13 Sep 2013 20:24 #219202

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Ok i know you are right and I am definitely going to test that out but I need a Jewish person in SA to go to if I have any questions about things that the non-Jewish person would not be able to understand

Re: Hello 13 Sep 2013 21:42 #219206

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I don't have experience. But the 12 steppers don't seem to think you need someone jewsih. It may not be worth it to wait for the exact right person. As dov has said, the most imporant qualification for a sponsor is that he is not you.

gmar chasima tova!

Re: Hello 15 Sep 2013 09:11 #219235

meetings r best live.on the phone your just bringing external veneer.only my experience.

Re: Hello 15 Sep 2013 22:11 #219274

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WELCOME! hope you have much hatzlacha on your journey.
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Re: Hello 16 Sep 2013 01:54 #219290

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meetings r best live.on the phone your just bringing external veneer.only my experience.


Everyone is different.

I chat with guys on here, talk with some on the phone, and I have met a couple of gye members. While it is nice to meet the person on the other end, because we have become good friends, the meetings really didn't change anything for me.

To me, the people are just as real on chat and on the phone as they are in person.
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