Welcome, Guest

There must be a way
(0 viewing) 
Scientific studies show that it takes 90 days to break an addictive pattern in the mind. Start your own Log of your journey to 90 days! Post here to update us on your status and to give each other chizuk to stay strong!

TOPIC: There must be a way 11829 Views

Re: There must be a way 22 Apr 2021 18:37 #367294

  • starting
  • Current streak: 5 days
  • OFFLINE
  • Platinum Boarder
  • Posts: 469
I am 4 days clean from masturbation for the first time in several weeks. I did see some very explicit content yesterday though.
I spent record amount of time with my wife this week (we usually have like one night a week together) and would not have strength to fight if not for having her available but I am happy to be at this stage now. I know that it's against the ODAAT policy. 

On the way up
The start of 'STARting' is 'star'. Just start and you're a star!!

'the cleaner I stay, the cleaner I stay' - AlexEliezer
העבר עיני מראות שוא, בדרכך חינו (תהלים קיט, לז)
PM me for my phone number

Re: There must be a way 22 Apr 2021 21:57 #367301

Happy to hear about your streak and the time you spent with your wife. Just make sure to be careful to avoid seeing anything you shouldn't see, because you will regret it later. I say spend as much time with your wife as you can. That way when you're not around her you might want to mess up less because your relationship with her will grow stronger from the time you 2 spend together. It's just an idea, but it can't hurt to try!

Re: There must be a way 25 Apr 2021 12:42 #367363

  • starting
  • Current streak: 5 days
  • OFFLINE
  • Platinum Boarder
  • Posts: 469
Fell again
Got up again 
Clean since Friday b"h
The start of 'STARting' is 'star'. Just start and you're a star!!

'the cleaner I stay, the cleaner I stay' - AlexEliezer
העבר עיני מראות שוא, בדרכך חינו (תהלים קיט, לז)
PM me for my phone number

Re: There must be a way 29 Apr 2021 06:00 #367641

  • starting
  • Current streak: 5 days
  • OFFLINE
  • Platinum Boarder
  • Posts: 469
I had a bad slip last night, bad enough to count it as a fall. At least it was over quickly
The start of 'STARting' is 'star'. Just start and you're a star!!

'the cleaner I stay, the cleaner I stay' - AlexEliezer
העבר עיני מראות שוא, בדרכך חינו (תהלים קיט, לז)
PM me for my phone number

Re: There must be a way 03 May 2021 06:31 #367845

  • starting
  • Current streak: 5 days
  • OFFLINE
  • Platinum Boarder
  • Posts: 469
Fell again yesterday after 3 days
The start of 'STARting' is 'star'. Just start and you're a star!!

'the cleaner I stay, the cleaner I stay' - AlexEliezer
העבר עיני מראות שוא, בדרכך חינו (תהלים קיט, לז)
PM me for my phone number

Re: There must be a way 03 May 2021 21:40 #367904

Sometimes its easy to lack motivation to get a long streak because we won't be able to get our pleasure of acting out. Meaning if you have a streak of 0-7 days you might think alright i don't have such a big streak it will only take a few days to get back to where I am. But following that logic you will never reach greatness and break free. Not saying your doing this but theres something thats the problem here because youve been in a bit of a rut. What are you going to do to get out? Why don't you set yourself a flexible goal - 2 week clean streak by the end of may or st similar? (thats one of the ways I personally broke free)
Think about how good you'll feel if you say no to desire and compare that to how bad you'll feel if you say yes.

Desire is unique in the way that it is never fulfilled -  if you give in the desire comes back even more powerful in just a few days. Telling yourself that its ok because this is really the last time doesn't work because you are just adding new images to your head that will cause future falls.

The Joy of triumph over the yetzer hara is worth the effort it takes to win. It IS worth it! Keep fighting!


My thread: 
Aiming to be better

Feel free to contact me at evedhashem1836@gmail.com

Re: There must be a way 08 May 2021 23:16 #368195

  • starting
  • Current streak: 5 days
  • OFFLINE
  • Platinum Boarder
  • Posts: 469
EvedHashem1836 wrote on 03 May 2021 21:40:
Sometimes its easy to lack motivation to get a long streak because we won't be able to get our pleasure of acting out. Meaning if you have a streak of 0-7 days you might think alright i don't have such a big streak it will only take a few days to get back to where I am. But following that logic you will never reach greatness and break free. Not saying your doing this but theres something thats the problem here because youve been in a bit of a rut. What are you going to do to get out? Why don't you set yourself a flexible goal - 2 week clean streak by the end of may or st similar? (thats one of the ways I personally broke free)

Thanks. I will bl"n elaborate with a clearer update sometime this week. 

Got a 6 day streak this week b"h but now I'm back to 0
The start of 'STARting' is 'star'. Just start and you're a star!!

'the cleaner I stay, the cleaner I stay' - AlexEliezer
העבר עיני מראות שוא, בדרכך חינו (תהלים קיט, לז)
PM me for my phone number

Re: There must be a way 14 May 2021 07:54 #368578

  • starting
  • Current streak: 5 days
  • OFFLINE
  • Platinum Boarder
  • Posts: 469

Fell today on day 6
Hard side the month but getting better in general I think 

The start of 'STARting' is 'star'. Just start and you're a star!!

'the cleaner I stay, the cleaner I stay' - AlexEliezer
העבר עיני מראות שוא, בדרכך חינו (תהלים קיט, לז)
PM me for my phone number

Re: There must be a way 10 Jun 2021 23:55 #369746

  • Snowflake
  • Current streak: 1 day
  • OFFLINE
  • Gold Boarder
  • Posts: 272
  • Karma: 26
R'Starting how are you doing?
Missing you, fellow...
אם יהיו חטאיכם כשנים, כשלג ילבינו

Re: There must be a way 16 Jun 2021 14:02 #369945

  • yeshivaguy
  • Current streak: 6 days
  • OFFLINE
  • Platinum Boarder
  • Posts: 1493
  • Karma: 148
Hows it goin man?

Re: There must be a way 20 Jun 2021 10:28 #370028

  • starting
  • Current streak: 5 days
  • OFFLINE
  • Platinum Boarder
  • Posts: 469
Thank you both for asking
B"h I am feeling more like I'm getting back into it, currently 5 days clean and had 5 days several times recently which is on the way up. 
What I am really devoting much of time and energy to is my work, trying to pay up the bills on time. 
I do think of gye quite a bit though but the thought of trying to put my feeli gs on paper (or on screen) is just too draining. 
I have also not been on the phone for a few weeks but I hope to make a call sometime this week if I can Iy"h. 

Sorry about the way I sound, I know it's depressing but I really want to say that my inspiration comes from you. And that inspiration grows as you guys grow
The start of 'STARting' is 'star'. Just start and you're a star!!

'the cleaner I stay, the cleaner I stay' - AlexEliezer
העבר עיני מראות שוא, בדרכך חינו (תהלים קיט, לז)
PM me for my phone number

Re: There must be a way 26 Jun 2021 23:23 #370222

  • starting
  • Current streak: 5 days
  • OFFLINE
  • Platinum Boarder
  • Posts: 469
Starting again
Day 1
The start of 'STARting' is 'star'. Just start and you're a star!!

'the cleaner I stay, the cleaner I stay' - AlexEliezer
העבר עיני מראות שוא, בדרכך חינו (תהלים קיט, לז)
PM me for my phone number

Re: There must be a way 27 Jun 2021 16:00 #370251

  • Rt234
  • OFFLINE
  • Senior Boarder
  • Posts: 68
  • Karma: 2
Keep on trying u'll eventually nail it. A person that doesn't take his shots has no chance.
good luck!!

Re: There must be a way 27 Jun 2021 18:28 #370255

  • excellence
  • Current streak: 105 days
  • OFFLINE
  • Platinum Boarder
  • Posts: 430
  • Karma: 24
Rt234 wrote on 27 Jun 2021 16:00:
Keep on trying u'll eventually nail it. A person that doesn't take his shots has no chance.
good luck!!

Correct. But It's important to remember  that the trying is a goal in itself, and it's not just about eventually nailing it!

Bhatzlocho,

Re: There must be a way 28 Jun 2021 23:38 #370306

  • starting
  • Current streak: 5 days
  • OFFLINE
  • Platinum Boarder
  • Posts: 469
My wife is out of town for a few days.
Extremely challenging.
Trying to remember what you guys are saying that the goal is the here and now, not just a long streak. 
So challenging 

Thank you all, would be nowhere without you
The start of 'STARting' is 'star'. Just start and you're a star!!

'the cleaner I stay, the cleaner I stay' - AlexEliezer
העבר עיני מראות שוא, בדרכך חינו (תהלים קיט, לז)
PM me for my phone number
Time to create page: 0.64 seconds

Are you sure?

Yes