Wow, thanks! That's very much appreciated!

B"H today is the 6th day clean and shabbos is on its way.

Thought for the day:

“The entire purpose of our existence is to overcome our negative habits.”  - Vilna Gaon, Commentary to Mishlei 4:13

keep it up halevi. And thanks for sharing that quote from the Vilna gaon. Good Shabbos.

have a GREAT SHABBOS!!!

And if you're gonna make a kid happy by throwing him into the air, make sure you catch him, too....

Don't quite know where THAT came from, but experienced maggiddim  say one should mention what pops into his head.

now i'm poppin' outa here...

Steve wrote on 08 Jan 2010 18:41:

Sound advice.

Hope you guys are having a great shabbos.

Halevi wrote on 06 Jan 2010 08:44:


Did you find it on our site? If not, can you share the link?

Someone posted the one from hypnosisdownloads.com on the interwebs and I happened to "borrow" it. Not sure how halachically acceptable that is, but this is it:

Overcome Porn Addiction +AUDIO


Product Details

* Language: English
* Type: Audio Book
* Format: MP3 @ 64 Kbps
* Publisher: Uncommon Knowledge

Product Description

Pornography addiction can make you feel bad about yourself, unbalance your attitude to sex, damage relationships and waste your time and money. Like many compulsive behaviors, porn addiction is usually a secret addiction.

It is not uncommon for a respectable member of the community to have time, self esteem and potential sapped by hours viewing porn. Friends, family and colleagues may be very disappointed if they knew, but you know and afterwards you can feel empty and worthless.

The nature of porn addiction

Porn addiction is a dim reflection real passion and intimacy, and while it sometimes replaces these needs it does not fulfil them. Pornography addiction isn't always primarily to do with sex! Feelings of loneliness, boredom, insecurity or just having the opportunity can all result in porn addiction.

Porn is a fraud because it promises something it doesn't deliver. People use it to escape reality but it actually worsens the very reality you are trying to escape from. Pornography addiction blunts the senses and stops you appreciating the subtitles of life.

However like any addiction it never ultimately delivers what it seems to promise because the more you view the more you want to view, and the more extreme the pornography that you seek out.

Porn addiction locks your attention

Pornography addiction has a kind of negative hypnotic effect, grabbing then locking your attention until you 'wake up' from the porn trance feeling exhausted and miserable. The fact is you may go for days, weeks or months without using porn and then almost without you knowing it you're back into it again.

Maybe you'd kidded yourself that you're not really hooked or you'd just view porn for a few minutes but then you become entranced again and find yourself back in the life-destroying cycle.

Download Overcome Pornography Addiction and take back control

I've been working really hard on chasing away impure thoughts but unfortunately last night I was ba'al keri. Should I just ignore it and move on or should I do something more?

Ignore it...However, the way to ignore thoughts (this wise advice is posted in many places on the forum) is by acknowledging what happened....and then letting go of the thoughts...The more you concentarte on the actual thoughts of Lust etc. the less your NOT thinking of them...For a more spiritual remedy ..You can also go to the Mikvah....

However, the main ingredient in success over that old foolish king (Y"H) is by being B'simcha....You can do it...You have great Courage and Sincerity!!!

Thanks, human. That's great advice.

On a not so related note, I've stumbled upon an incredible book which reinforces all the tools and advice mentioned on this website and adds to it in a lucid, informative way. It really is quite brilliant. I've messaged the download link to guard so he can look over it and hopefully use it to improve the handbooks.

Thought of the day (this is one of my own):

Lust Addiction is roshei teivos LA

LA = Las Angeles (Hollywood)

Lust addiction is synonymous with the pritzus of Hollywood and everything it represents. We need to distance ourselves from the ideology of today - which is best represented by Hollywood - which places an emphasis on lust, objectification, greed, selfishness, and the distortion of sex.

Yo -- You got to concentarte on other things ...Like Hashem, friendships...even those anonymous one's you find here.....

Don't concentarte on the Lust...That's how that Bastard Y"H Gets you...(Unfortantely that Bastard is a part of each of us)

Now that you mention Hollywood, 'ja know who their Guardian Malach is?


Why the MALACH MAMOOVIES of course.

If you don't get it, ask Bards to pronounce it for ya...

Today's my 9th day clean. Sitting pretty on level 2, B"H.

What great news. Congrats...Now comes Dayb #10 ...One at a time u will do it.