Machshovo Tova wrote:

Yes, and don't think about pink elephants either .










ok, if you must

What about green ones?

Gevura Shebyesod wrote:

I couln't remember which were our favorite





Oh, and which type like to eat black jelly beans

A ticklish elephant?!

tehillimzugger wrote:


so thats why it's pink! it's tickled pink.

thank you. it all makes sense now

Right, peoples of the Cholent pot! It's time for my weekly stir.
Bekitzur, it hasn't been a good week. At all. I've had work experience the whole week... I have no idea if you have that in America, but if you do it may be called anything from work experience, internships or work placements. It does pretty much what it says on the box-it's experience of work. You get to go to an office or a place of work for a week, and experience what its like. Except you don't get paid. So the whole week, I've been moving annoying pieces of data from one Excel spreadsheet to another... and again... and again... you get the picture.
This led to boredom, which led to pent up energy, which led to... well, you can probably guess... 2 falls in two days. I was down and out, I was seriously depressed, and I really felt like I just wanted to give up. However, B'H, thanks to the amazing guys on GYE I b'H picked myself up again, and am back climbing that mountain...
Just a small thought about how the RSO's running the world, and how we're powerless. I don't know if you've been following the events in Egypt, but I'm assuming you have. Look at this. You have one of the biggest Reshaim in the world elected there a year ago, and everyone panics. What's going to happen with Israel, it's going to be a catastrophe! And then, suddenly, after 4 days of rioting and revolution, he's gone. Just like that. Now look who's running the world... let's apply that to our lives. It may seem like we're gone, we're down and out. But, yeshuas Hashem keheref ayin. He's on our side. Let's do this together.
Have an amaaaazing Shabbos!

Thanks Zvi!! I just heard (from R' TM Zilberberg) that the real avodas hashem, especially in times before Moshiach, starts AFTER the fall. When the yetzer hora comes and says: "You anyways fell, your a looser.. give up" This is where true strength is needed and built! Ashrecha!

I had a great week BH. I didn't feel a lust at all. ...is that even normal?? When I see a attractive women on the street I say to myself "I don't need this - I can and will be a happy person without looking and fantasizing gorgeous women." This is a new approach - as until now I told myself "Its soooo good - but I can't have it" (aka: Holding your breath) I really hope my plumbing is doing OK - but acting out won't help it (thanks gibbor)

Knowing my past, I know that I have reached a dangerous point. Its when I reach the peak (3-4 weeks) and I feel to have "made it." This is when things go crashing down. This is how its been the past 8 times!! Problem is that this is just "information" - like having a Mashgiach talking. But deep down I still feel safe and secure - never to fall again - and that should be scary.. But somehow it is not.

Have a great kishka!

KOT Brothers! ... and have a GREAT SHABBOS!

Hi everyone,

I was really depressed, but now I am pulling myself out of it. I am one day clean and have no plans to stop there!

--some_guy/Elias/Eliyahu

some_guy wrote:

Great, KUTGW and KOT!

Just to let the chevra know: I'm taking a break from GYE for a while (till 6th August to be precise), so that's the end of my Thursday night kishkas for the time being...

Have a nice summer! See you rosh chodesh.

BEIN HAZMANIM DAY 1:


First the bad news: Advertisement popped up (in an app!) was very tempting and I gave in by clicking on it (to see the enlarged version). A few minutes I was looking at the "real stuff." Boruch hashem I don't count days - so there was no voice telling me "you anyways are resetting your count." So after a few minutes BH BH I was able to stop.

Yes, I had a really bad slip (my psak)!! I wasn't mz'l and I'm not giving up!!


The good news: I was mekabel, for this Bein Hazmanim, not to watch any movies (alone) and also not to play any computer games. Movies is an old battle of mine. I never looked at gaming as a problem. The truth however is, that (for me) its just another form of escapism. Thanks pidaini for inspiring me to stop gaming.


Someone once asked me: "how do i know what categorizes as an "healthy outlet" or "a form of escapism?" After giving it a lot of thought I think the answer is simple: A healthy outlet is, if you take yourself to a relaxed place and forget about your worries etc. (Picture yourself Smoking a cigar on the Swiss alps)
Escapism however, involves not taking yourself anywhere. In fact you forget who you are and what you aspire - "escaping" our own self. No growth can take place there, because it doesn't really exist!!. The irony is that when we don't deal with the problems - by escaping them the problems have a mushroom effect. They just get worse and worse..



Now we can start bein hazmanim, Enjoy!!

Well miss you zvi,
on the other hand WELCOME BACK inna!!

Hi everyone,

I had a tough morning, but I pulled through. This is the longest streak I have had for a long time. I feel so proud of myself. Have a nice Shabbos everyone!

--some_guy/Elias/Eliyahu