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Re: Overcoming challenges 24 Oct 2021 05:34 #373548

farmer k. Current streak: 79 days OFFLINE Senior Boarder Posts: 52 Karma: 4	keep it up
	The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings

Re: Overcoming challenges 24 Oct 2021 19:34 #373566

Rebuild613 OFFLINE Gold Boarder Posts: 160 Karma: 60	Zedj wrote on 24 Oct 2021 04:34: 24 days clean In the zechus of this 24 days you should be zoiche to a life of tranquility and prosperity
	Demolished is my real name Fool is my middle name

Re: Overcoming challenges 07 Nov 2021 17:55 #374037

zedj Current streak: 14 days OFFLINE Platinum Boarder Posts: 627 Karma: 46	A quick update: 38 days clean BH doing well bli neder will update again when possible
	One who has given up hope is without a G‑d. One who sees hope in each day is already free

Re: Overcoming challenges 10 Nov 2021 06:39 #374159

zedj Current streak: 14 days OFFLINE Platinum Boarder Posts: 627 Karma: 46	B"H 41 days clean!
	One who has given up hope is without a G‑d. One who sees hope in each day is already free Last Edit: 10 Nov 2021 06:40 by zedj. Reason: forgot the !

Re: Overcoming challenges 16 Nov 2021 03:25 #374314

zedj Current streak: 14 days OFFLINE Platinum Boarder Posts: 627 Karma: 46	47 days clean. BH doing well. Keeping myself busy....or at least not getting too bored. Cumulative Clean Days: 400 I'm nowhere near perfect but I'm proud of where I am holding compared to where I was and with Hashems help continue to look forward. Wishing you all well!
	One who has given up hope is without a G‑d. One who sees hope in each day is already free

Re: Overcoming challenges 16 Nov 2021 12:31 #374325

Hashem Help Me
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Zedj wrote on 16 Nov 2021 03:25:

47 days clean.

BH doing well.

Keeping myself busy....or at least not getting too bored.

Cumulative Clean Days: 400
I'm nowhere near perfect but
I'm proud of where I am holding compared to where I was and with Hashems help continue to look forward.

Wishing you all well!

Hero!! Perfection won't exist until Moshiach comes. Meanwhile it is guys like you that show the oilam that it can be done. Keep inspiring - and yes, as you wrote, be proud!

Feel free to contact me at michelgelner@gmail.com

My threads: Lessons Learned: guardyoureyes.com/forum/20-Important-Threads/335248-Lessons-Learned

My Story and G-d Bless GYE: guardyoureyes.com/forum/17-Balei-Battims-Forum/303036-My-story-and-G-d-bless-GYE

Re: Overcoming challenges 19 Nov 2021 04:48 #374415

zedj Current streak: 14 days OFFLINE Platinum Boarder Posts: 627 Karma: 46	50 days clean BH doing well and keeping busy. Level 6:ירא שמים WOW! just like that and I'm a " Yarei Shomayim" jokes aside, it is a little satisfying to become a " Yarei Shomayim" Wishing you all well!
	One who has given up hope is without a G‑d. One who sees hope in each day is already free Last Edit: 19 Nov 2021 04:49 by zedj.

Re: Overcoming challenges 16 Dec 2021 06:34 #374995

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

Re: Overcoming challenges 17 Dec 2021 05:30 #375018

zedj
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78 days clean

Thank you @Yeshivaguy for checking in.
BH I'm doing well.

Just a thought on shevuos/neders/contracts/accountability:

When i first started out GYE I was suggested by a fellow member to make a contract laying out specific conditions to stay clean. If I failed I would have to rip up a pre decided amount of money.

I had a problem with this, I felt very disheartened and irritated that i couldn't control myself and that I would have to rely on a contract to stay clean....how long would I have to rely on a contract? My whole life? Then their was the nightly accountability....this is what I'll have to live with? Nightly accountability?
I mean really? What has my life become?

Ok, the contract and accountability was all my doing to start my clean life, Noone forced me to do anything but it really kind of shook me that this would be my life if I wanted to be clean.

I feel like the contracts and the daily aaccountability has been helping me tremendously amongst the other tools I use...but here is the point I'm trying to bring out

The Torah is the book of life, everything in Torah, the mitzvos (besides for connecting to hashem) is in order to enhance one's life and to have a fulfilled life. Torah is to enhance your life and anything that will help you live the life of Torah should be used with the upmost joy so that you can live by the Torah!
Hence the contract that I created for myself is actually something I should feel positive about and not feel negative towards.

I think having a positive attitude helps with contracts and keeping yourself accountable.

So that is what ive been thinking about and I hope im correctly understood.

One who has given up hope is without a G‑d.

One who sees hope in each day is already free

Re: Overcoming challenges 17 Dec 2021 12:25 #375029

Hashem Help Me Current streak: 2888 days OFFLINE Platinum Boarder Posts: 4042	Making personal gedarim is recommended in the Torah. Look at the Ohr HaChaim Hakadosh on U'shmartem es Mishmarti - end of Parshas Acharei Mos. Feel proud that you are doing the ratzon Hashem in devising a personal plan how to protect yourself and stay clean.
	Feel free to contact me at michelgelner@gmail.com My threads: Lessons Learned: guardyoureyes.com/forum/20-Important-Threads/335248-Lessons-Learned My Story and G-d Bless GYE: guardyoureyes.com/forum/17-Balei-Battims-Forum/303036-My-story-and-G-d-bless-GYE

Re: Overcoming challenges 24 Dec 2021 05:16 #375225

zedj Current streak: 14 days OFFLINE Platinum Boarder Posts: 627 Karma: 46	85 days clean BH doing well Yesterday was stressful and the after affects continued on today but I'm gonna live through it. Wishing the chevra well!
	One who has given up hope is without a G‑d. One who sees hope in each day is already free

Re: Overcoming challenges 29 Dec 2021 05:51 #375363

zedj
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90 days clean

Bh doing well and reached the big 90 (again).
I'm in a much better place physically/spiritually because of GYE and the amazing chevra here.
Thank you!

What I have implemented to stay clean:

1-whitelist filter (staying away from unfiltered devices unless necessary)
2-contract to keep me in line when needed
3-daily accountability
4-#1dayatatime
5-being in touch with some fellow gye members and trying to lend a hand to others struggling

Wishing you all well!

One who has given up hope is without a G‑d.

One who sees hope in each day is already free

Re: Overcoming challenges 06 Jan 2022 16:27 #375643

taherlibeinu Current streak: 16 days OFFLINE Expert Boarder Posts: 105 Karma: 14	Amazing to see! really inspiring. Well done and i hope you celebrated this!

Re: Overcoming challenges 07 Jan 2022 10:07 #375676

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Looking at your thread for the first time now. You are Super-duper amazing. A real inspiration that its actually possible to get under control. I still have a hard time believing myself that its possible. But every thread I read though like yours makes me believe a little more. Keep it up your amazing.

I'm sick of the Un-scientific approach of today's medical and social environment.
we will never heal and become a better society unless we realize that all people are addicts. Any thing we do that we aren't interested in is "addiction" and medicine doesn't fix addictions.

Pain causes addiction and medicine cant fix pain.

Unless we heal our pain, and become truama conscious so as not to cause others pain, we will never be living in a functioning human society.

Re: Overcoming challenges 28 Jan 2022 06:19 #376596

zedj
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120 days clean

Updating the chosheve chevra here.
B"H I'm doing well and just trying to live my life,

I got a laptop computer and installed gentech on it.
so far so good.
the truth is gentech is pretty expensive but at this point I really could not afford to fall over the cliff..so i took the plunge and installed gentech.