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Re: If I can, anyone can... 28 Aug 2013 04:40 #217523

RoshYeshivasSon
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I really have to be careful. Even main-stream news stories can be really bad, especially when they have pictures. I really always thought people who thought this way were off their rocker (after all, with all those crap-sites I was looking at, who cares about a picture of a only half-naked performer), but now that I'm trying to quit I see exactly what they are talking about.

Even some posts here on GYE I had to quickly close....(!)

Re: If I can, anyone can... 28 Aug 2013 06:45 #217526

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Welcome!!!

RoshYeshivasSon wrote:

Yeah, I still can't get over how some of my coworkers have a certain news site as their home page (not even fringe left wing). The site is full of not just triggers but even pictures which would pass as porn if located on a porn site.

reallygettingthere wrote:

RoshYeshivasSon wrote:

First tough stretch.
So I see that youtube and even mainstream news sights can be a big problem. Especially youtube.
I guess I have to quit youtube. I never realized what a trigger it is before (because I used to just go straight to the shmutz sites).
I learned something new, something obvious, something people are saying all over these forums. But I didn't REALLY learn until I experienced it first hand. by by youtube. I'm not gonna miss wasting my time on inane videos.

A few weeks ago I realized that movies and even movie trailers start the snowball rolling down the hill for me, as much as I didnt want to admit it.
I mean c'mon how bad could a movie be if there no znus (or very little). I dont know, but I realized that watching tv and movies is always the beginning of the end.
Eli

For me this has become the forefront of my struggle. I need to quit watching TV/movies/trailer/YouTube because not only are they triggers but for me they are also just other escape routes. I need to really live life not just run and hide in my computer. Whether I'm on a porn site or YouTube the result is the same, I'm avoiding life and that's not good.

Hatzlacha to us all,
NeedToQuit

P.S. If I sound like a hypocrite in my judging my coworkers while still wanting to watch TV/movies/trailers/YouTube, YOU'RE RIGHT!!! I am!!! Although, I have all types of explanations why there is a difference, I guess I need to work on that too.

Re: If I can, anyone can... 28 Aug 2013 09:55 #217537

thatguyoverthere Current streak: 94 days OFFLINE Gold Boarder Posts: 176 Karma: 8	I actually use youtube for interesting documentaries and university lectures to get my mind OFF the bad stuff... but your post has got me thinking. Then again, we are all different, and what works for one might be different for another.
	He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls. /Mishlei 25:28

Re: If I can, anyone can... 28 Aug 2013 18:58 #217586

RoshYeshivasSon Current streak: 26 days OFFLINE Expert Boarder Once you admit, you can commit. Posts: 101 Karma: 2	Day 8. Still going strong. I am not really focusing on this much, which is great; the more you think about it the worse off you are. It's still surreal. I don't know how I am doing this.
	Last Edit: 28 Aug 2013 18:58 by RoshYeshivasSon.

Re: If I can, anyone can... 28 Aug 2013 21:37 #217622

reallygettingthere Current streak: 72 days OFFLINE Platinum Boarder Posts: 759 Karma: 27	RoshYeshivasSon wrote: Day 8. Still going strong. I am not really focusing on this much, which is great; the more you think about it the worse off you are. It's still surreal. I don't know how I am doing this. Answer: Hashem
	Roy in the SA White Book noted that we frequently prayed and it did not work...because the best we could muster was begging G-d to "Please take it away, so I will not have to give it up! No amount of sobriety can cure the insanity -ChaimCharlie The emmes hurts but fake chizzuk will hurt more -Bards Remember, best block, no be there - Mr. Miyagi

Re: If I can, anyone can... 28 Aug 2013 21:45 #217625

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RoshYeshivasSon wrote:

Day 8.

Still going strong.
I am not really focusing on this much, which is great; the more you think about it the worse off you are.

It's still surreal. I don't know how I am doing this.

i don't know if you should focus on it, or you shouldn't, but it does seem to me....from all your posts that you are focusing heavily on it...perhaps I am wrong though....just pointin out.

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Re: If I can, anyone can... 28 Aug 2013 21:47 #217627

thatguyoverthere Current streak: 94 days OFFLINE Gold Boarder Posts: 176 Karma: 8	Neither do I. Still we do it. Only through Him.
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Re: If I can, anyone can... 29 Aug 2013 18:29 #217761

RoshYeshivasSon Current streak: 26 days OFFLINE Expert Boarder Once you admit, you can commit. Posts: 101 Karma: 2	Day 9. Bad dream last night. Usually not prone to those, I wonder if it's caused by staying clean?

Re: If I can, anyone can... 29 Aug 2013 18:39 #217763

tryingtoshteig Current streak: 115 days OFFLINE Platinum Boarder תן חיוך, הכל לטובה Posts: 489 Karma: 13	As someone great once said, ZemirosShabbos wrote: החלומות שוא ידברו Who really cares what caused it? I also got one of those recently. Maybe my thoughts were not so pure that day. Or maybe they were. Who cares? The ikkar is to KOT.
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Re: If I can, anyone can... 29 Aug 2013 19:46 #217770

reallygettingthere Current streak: 72 days OFFLINE Platinum Boarder Posts: 759 Karma: 27	RoshYeshivasSon wrote: Day 9. Bad dream last night. Usually not prone to those, I wonder if it's caused by staying clean? The yetzer hora is trying to break your resolve. Don't let him. You're doing great! KOMT Eli
	Roy in the SA White Book noted that we frequently prayed and it did not work...because the best we could muster was begging G-d to "Please take it away, so I will not have to give it up! No amount of sobriety can cure the insanity -ChaimCharlie The emmes hurts but fake chizzuk will hurt more -Bards Remember, best block, no be there - Mr. Miyagi

Re: If I can, anyone can... 30 Aug 2013 02:18 #217876

גענוג געווען OFFLINE Senior Boarder Posts: 45 Karma: 4	hi roshyeshivason i am search whole day over here to someone describing my addiction, hey exactly what you wrote i am having, i can barley remember a clean day in my past 6-8 years, and yes as you quote when i read main stream media i have the same problem, so i stopped it today. so if you can then i can too! keep up! if you fall my life, my children depend on you

Re: If I can, anyone can... 30 Aug 2013 14:44 #217921

RoshYeshivasSon Current streak: 26 days OFFLINE Expert Boarder Once you admit, you can commit. Posts: 101 Karma: 2	Day 10 The weekend lurks... Another really vivid dream; not a lustful one like last night, but just really vivid. It's strange I rarely have dreams.

Re: If I can, anyone can... 30 Aug 2013 15:33 #217926

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Hi Rosh Yeshiva's Son!
I'm on the way to becoming the Rosh Yeshiva himself!

Friday is a great day; it's not day 11, it's yom hashshi, shabbos is not day 12, it's SHABBOS!

You are not "Someone Who Has X Sobriety Days Under His Belt", you're a holy yid, a member of GYE! We're so happy to have you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[I'm writing this because a lot of people fall when they hit x amount of days because they fall into the trap of thinking that they're cured, don't.]

?דער באשעפער לאווט מיך אייביג. וויפיל לאוו איך עהם
My Creator loves me at all times. How great is my love for him?

Re: If I can, anyone can... 30 Aug 2013 15:59 #217928

Pidaini OFFLINE Platinum Boarder פדני מעושק אדם-מיצר הרע העושק את הבריות-רש"י Posts: 2189 Karma: 107	It's a shame GYE gets TZ's gems only during bein hazmanim, but let's enjoy him as long as he's here.
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Re: If I can, anyone can... 30 Aug 2013 18:59 #217956

RoshYeshivasSon Current streak: 26 days OFFLINE Expert Boarder Once you admit, you can commit. Posts: 101 Karma: 2	But I was cured from day 1. Cured from denial. Cured from lonersville. and Cured from Athlete's foot. But that's a whole different story...