My dear friend steve shlita
Today is day 178 on my sobriety journey, and my greatest fear is lest I become complacent and let down my guard! Pun intended!
For me the things that work are amongst others:
1. Filter, filter, filter! I don't trust myself for a second on a computer (or cell phone) that doesn't have a "no nonsense" filter. Period
2. Pray constantly- "may the Merciful one remove the Yatzer Hara from me"!!
this powerful "tip" comes straight from the mouth of the MR Yatzer Hara himself
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Talmud Kiddushin 81
I pray at the end of shmoneh esrai and any time some "insane" thoughts of lust pop into my head
3. The ole AA truism from "one day at a time" is for me an absolute lifebreath of sobriety. Yes of course! I made a goal to do 90 to do 6 months a year, but ultimately it can only be done "kol yom bifnei atsmo"
4. Share! Share! Share! I posted my ups and my downs, my fears and my worries (my thread called Noora's journey is buried somewhere on the wall of honor thread).
I also posted torah thoughts and insights related to the struggle, which gave me tremendous encouragement.
I found the posting on the forum to be highly therapeutic.
5. I Read the post of others. The chizuk is Awesome!!
I daven for our continued success
May the Almighty give us the courage and fortitude one day at a time
All the love in the world to a fellow Warrior
Noorah