Thank you GYE for helping me get to 23 days on the chart. I had a few days clean before I started so I'm so happy to be making such progress. Wow, it is not easy, but I really want to rid myself of this damaging behavior. Several people on the site have been so kind and helpful to me and I cannot express my appreciation enough.

Thanks to everyone here!!!

Congratulations,

You know the only thing better than 23 days clean?

Great going Teshuvahguy! Keep to the grindstone and before you know it the days just flyby

Just remember ONE DAY at a time. 

Watson wrote:

TG if you're curious, ask Watson what he meant - I don't think you got his message, but it may be Shabbos by him already

GS

Markz wrote:

He said that 24 days was better than 23, right? Did I miss something?

Thanks, Markz! Good Shabbos!

For introduction yes

But there may be a lot relevant to what dov said
I recommend you read his entire post here
Heres a partial quote

"There is a type of honesty here on GYE...but it is really just 'honesty by proxy': the admitting of shameful facts that is made possible because our identities are hidden. The lack of vulnerability which is GYE's greatest strength is simultaneously it's greatest weakness. If GYE were not only virtual, most people would never even log on and they'd then remain in pretty hopeless isolation. And I agree that GYE is the most dangerous place to identify ourselves openly - so no one does. And that is as it should be, b"H! But because of the fact that there is no real vulnerability, the honesty is also rendered sterile. It can be a tremendous start -  and I do know way over 100 men in great recovery today (because they left GYE and moved on to good therapy, and/or live 12 steps groups, etc) who all started out timidly and 'safely' on GYE! But I feel that the fruit of virtual honesty can be no better than: virtual recovery. And almost all the success stories I know, will tell you that that's why they had to eventually leave GYE. Just check out the Ted talk that Guard publicized a couple of years ago that was titled, "Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong" by Johann Hari, wherein he states that all the power 12 steps recovery has, stems from the creation of REAL relationships - not virtual ones!  Precisely GYE's weakness. GYE can bring addicts to the water, but it has none for them to drink. Addicts will need the Real thing provided by real recovery relationships with real people."

He has a lot more to say - checkout the Dov posts page by Gibbor

Hope you have an easy fast and signed for a happy sober year!!