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Re: A new start 01 Jul 2015 02:50 #258255

  • yonatan374
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I'm more than half way to 90 days on my current streak.
The yetzer hara hasn't been on my back for awhile but I know I have to be vigilant.
I'm doing daily learning and studying for my medical assistant exam on Friday morning.
Still gotta keep on truckin'

Re: A new start 06 Jul 2015 03:18 #258752

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Hit Level 6 this weekend!

Re: A new start 06 Jul 2015 04:15 #258753

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Mazel tov to US!
I feel like we are chavrusas, we've been right next to eachother on the chart for the last 51 days B'H.
Thanks and continued hatzlacha!!!
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Re: A new start 06 Jul 2015 13:06 #258762

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Mazel tov guys! Keep this feeling with you and recall it every day!

Hatzlacha!
Much Hatzlacha!

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--"If, when you honestly want to, you find you cannot quit entirely, or if when drinking (or lusting), you have little control over the amount you take, you are probably alcoholic (or sexaholic)." AA Big Book P. 45. Parenthesis added.
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Re: A new start 14 Jul 2015 21:33 #259468

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Crashed & burned Sunday... and Monday.
Have to start over. Pick myself up. Won't be easy.

Re: A new start 15 Jul 2015 01:06 #259474

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One day at a time. chaver. We all only have today.
Much Hatzlacha!

My Threads:
Glad to be here
Don't slip it hurts
Lions & Tigers & Internet, Oh My!

--"ולא המדרש עיקר, אלא המעשה"
--"To promise not to do a thing is the surest way in the world to make a body want to go and do that very thing." Mark Twain
--"If, when you honestly want to, you find you cannot quit entirely, or if when drinking (or lusting), you have little control over the amount you take, you are probably alcoholic (or sexaholic)." AA Big Book P. 45. Parenthesis added.
--You hit rock bottom when you decide to stop digging.

Re: A new start 16 Jul 2015 04:19 #259587

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Hang in there.... Sorry the road was slippery

Re: A new start 16 Jul 2015 14:27 #259596

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One day at a time. And Mazal Tov on what you already accomplished; it's no small feat. We have a longest streak count on the chart for that reason: it's something you should be proud of, and also strive to beat!
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Re: A new start 27 Jul 2015 23:16 #260386

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Picking myself up after some major challenges. I have a new tablet device which was unsecured and the temptation was too much. Especially with the stress of find a new job. Up until a day or so ago there was no way to secure it but an update to the app came out and I installed it. I hope it will help keep my honest.

It all happens so fast and I'm on the floor before I even can think about it.

Re: A new start 28 Jul 2015 02:41 #260404

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It's amazing how we sometimes get to see how true it is that we just have to take it one day at a time. When you got the tablet, there was NO way to secure it! And yet, just a couple of days later, an update is introduced. When we (I mean me) start worrying about more than one day, that's when we begin to unravel...
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Re: A new start 28 Jul 2015 03:19 #260409

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we fall, we get right back up again stronger and more determined.

have you tried the double taphsic method? it may be what you need to get you through some tough spots. take it as one man's opinion, accepting to have a conversation with your mother, sponsor, rebbi etc. for 20 min about anything before acting out, or going for a 20 minute run before acting out, or taking a ten minute completely cold shower before acting out, (you get the picture) can do wonders. most times, just the thought of it will turn you off. start off really short term (a week) and see how it goes. again - just one man's opinion. more info available here: guardyoureyes.com/the-gye-program/20-tools/item/tool-10?category_id=278
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Re: A new start 30 Jul 2015 01:52 #260560

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I will think about these suggestions. I need a strategy to "short circuit" the yetzer harah impulse. I'll work it out.

Re: A new start 30 Jul 2015 02:45 #260565

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yonatan374 wrote:
I will think about these suggestions. I need a strategy to "short circuit" the yetzer harah impulse. I'll work it out.


amen! and when you do, please share with us guys who haven't figured that one out yet; thanks.
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Re: A new start 09 Sep 2015 01:03 #263549

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B'ezrat Hashem I will be clean the entire month of Elul.

Re: A new start 26 Mar 2016 02:07 #282541

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yonatan374 wrote:
B'ezrat Hashem I will be clean the entire month of Elul.

I hope all is well.
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