Kedusha wrote:

WOW!! Kninea hara. I just stumbled on this thread and I am truly inspired. I thought the 90+ days that I got to over 7 months ago was impressive but now I realize that there is still much to strive for.

Hatzlacha to us all!!!

Yes halevai by all of us.

I find the dates of the post on this thread fascinating May 2012, then nothing till 2013!

Please tell us kedusha, how it was done, was it easy, was it hard?

Was it one day at a time, battle, after battle, I/we are intrigued and your experience is bound to be useful.

We are not fighting the YH as a process to get through in order to be able to get back to normal life; the fight wih the YH is the essence of our existence


Found this Gem, I'd like to add it as my signature, (I figure out how)

It'll help loads. To me for sure, and other too.

Thank you to all who posted their words of encouragement!

Israel, it's true that I don't spend that much time on the forum anymore. I have posted here and there, but you're right that, without even realizing it, I didn't post on my own thread for almost an entire year.

To answer your question, it's 100% true that this challenge gets easier over time, if we make sure to avoid any slips. At the same time, it's a major mistake to become complacent. So, it's somewhat of a delicate balance. But, living clean is so incredibly wonderful once a person has experienced it, that it's hard to imagine why a person would want to do anything to put their sobriety in jeopardy.

Hope that helps!

Mazal Tov Kedusha!

Thank you, Gibbor!

can someone tell me how to add a signature to my name?

Click on your name to go to your profile. On the right side directly opposite where it says "Profile for " there is an "Edit" button. Click that then go to the 'Profile Information" tab and scroll to the bottom.

Mazel Tov Kedusha!
thanks for all your efforts on behalf of GYE
wishing you much continued hatzlacha

M'chayil el choyil

May Hashem continue to grant you hatzlocho, simcha and peace

Eli

Kedusha wrote:

Now that's a quote!
[strike]A quotation is a good sort of thing to have handy.[/strike] _edit A quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself.]

Kedusha wrote:


Someone please tell me if I'm wrong, but I see it as a promotion. A person can start off working on the assembly line and earn a promotion to be a foreman. (manager, director, etc...) The work is different. It may be less dangerous, it may be more rewarding, you see a "bigger picture" but you're still on the job.

I wish you Mazal Tov on your "promotions", may you continue Meychayil el Chayil

Kedusha wrote:



If I may add: living clean is so incredibly wonderful once a person has experienced it,
and living unclean is so incredibly miserable as we all have experienced so many times,that it's hard to imagine why a person would want to do anything to put their sobriety in jeopardy and return to wretched misery.

MT

It may be hard to imagine, but we all manage to imagine it - don't we?

Someone please tell me if I'm wrong, but I see it as a promotion. A person can start off working on the assembly line and earn a promotion to be a foreman. (manager, director, etc...) The work is different. It may be less dangerous, it may be more rewarding, you see a "bigger picture" but you're still on the job.

I wish you Mazal Tov on your "promotions", may you continue Meychayil el Chayil[/quote]

Spot on I think this is what Rabbi M Miller Zt"l meant when he was talking about our job being to move up the Nekudas HaBechira.