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Re: Hi! I'm new here. Kinda... 21 Jun 2010 02:44 #71493

ano nymous
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I'm just taking it day by day here, and with His help, I've had a clean day for almost two weeks in a row now. Whenever I start thinking about tomorrow, I push the though out of my head quickly. I find thoughts of any day other than today to be more dangerous than lustful thoughts themselves, because thinking of tomorrow makes me feel weak and prone to using lust in order to escape that feeling. If anyone is actually reading this, thank you! If not, I know He is reading it as well as allowing me to write it, so thank You!

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Re: Hi! I'm new here. Kinda... 21 Jun 2010 07:20 #71509

yehoshua1 Current streak: 1957 days OFFLINE Platinum Boarder Posts: 399 Karma: 0	I find this to be true for me also. I keep the personal chart with me with that good quote: Yesterday is history, tomorrow is mystery, today is a gift, that is why it is called the present. A nice one, so nice that I read it a 1000 times a day ;D
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Re: Hi! I'm new here. Kinda... 21 Jun 2010 09:52 #71520

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Ano Nymous wrote on 16 Jun 2010 11:28:

The thoughts are relentless. They give me no rest.
Why have I this struggle? Why have I this test?
A master blueprint, a master plan.
So far beyond the thoughts of man.
For this I am here, and I will do it well;
Never mind heaven, and never mind hell.
Alone I am helpless, for this is beyond man.
But the one who fashioned it, with Him, I can.

I am going to be ok. :D

Just saw this and love it Ano!
Hang in there!

Hashem is addicted to you! Feel His hugs!"Sheva yipol tzaddik VKUM"

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Re: Hi! I'm new here. Kinda... 21 Jun 2010 17:56 #71578

ano nymous Current streak: 1 day OFFLINE Platinum Boarder Posts: 656 Karma: 1	I'm hanging! Two miraculous weeks...will it continue? I don't care. That's not my concern.
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Re: Hi! I'm new here. Kinda... 21 Jun 2010 23:50 #71607

yona18 Current streak: 4500 days OFFLINE Platinum Boarder Posts: 364	Nice poem Ano! How's the summer treating you?
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Re: Hi! I'm new here. Kinda... 02 Aug 2010 02:44 #75845

yona18 Current streak: 4500 days OFFLINE Platinum Boarder Posts: 364	Hi Anon, Get back to the front page, pronto!
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Re: Hi! I'm new here. Kinda... 04 Aug 2010 22:15 #76017

ano nymous Current streak: 1 day OFFLINE Platinum Boarder Posts: 656 Karma: 1	Yes sir! I think I'm almost at three days. Hate.
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Re: Hi! I'm new here. Kinda... 05 Aug 2010 18:14 #76062

yedid_nefesh	Im just like you - when I start thinking about the future for good or bad I have to stop myself and focuus on 1 day at a time,
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Re: Hi! I'm new here. Kinda... 08 Aug 2010 18:48 #76174

silentbattle Current streak: 1628 days OFFLINE Platinum Boarder Posts: 3734 Karma: 15	One day at a time, man. You know that. Being clean for today is reason enough to celebrate!
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Re: Hi! I'm new here. Kinda... 15 Aug 2010 07:37 #76530

ano nymous Current streak: 1 day OFFLINE Platinum Boarder Posts: 656 Karma: 1	silentbattle wrote on 08 Aug 2010 18:48: One day at a time, man. You know that. Being clean for today is reason enough to celebrate! One day at a time doesn't work when one day isn't working.
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Re: Hi! I'm new here. Kinda... 29 Aug 2010 14:39 #77290

Ineedhelp!! OFFLINE Platinum Boarder Posts: 1058 Karma: 2	One day at a time works when you work it. :-X : Hows you doing???? -Yiddle
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Re: Hi! I'm new here. Kinda... 29 Aug 2010 15:10 #77297

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Well, for whatever it's worth, I also find ODAAT to be impossible. I feel a need to set a goal that's worthwhile. Like, nothing inappropriate until Rosh Hashana. Or at least, nothing like that during selichos.

When I know WHAT I'm going to do (or refrain from doing), it's still not helpful until I have a WHY I'm doing it. And just feeling clean ain't enough of a satisfying reason for me.

But staying clean until (X's surgery; End of Elul; break prior record as long as that's not so far in the future that the goal isn't tangible), well that's easier.

I know 12-step pushes ODAAT but I need a chunk of two weeks at a time to make things meaningful.

Just one guy's comment....

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Re: Hi! I'm new here. Kinda... 02 Sep 2010 05:41 #77617

ano nymous Current streak: 1 day OFFLINE Platinum Boarder Posts: 656 Karma: 1	ODAAT is more meaningful within the context of a longer commitment, but the focus can't be on the future; it has to be on the current day and the current moment. P.S. I think I'm at about 2 and a half weeks.
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