My dear friend steve shlita
Today is day 178
on my sobriety journey, and my greatest fear is lest I become complacent and let down my guard! Pun intended!
For me the things that work are am
ongst others:
1. Filter, filter, filter! I d
on't trust myself for a sec
ond
on a computer (or cell ph
one) that doesn't have a "no n
onsense" filter. Period
2. Pray c
onstantly- "may the Merciful
one remove the Yatzer Hara from me"!!
this powerful "tip" comes straight from the mouth of the MR Yatzer Hara himself

see
Talmud Kiddushin 81
I pray at the end of shm
oneh esrai and any time some "insane" thoughts of lust pop into my head
3. The ole AA truism from "
one day at a time" is for me an absolute lifebreath of sobriety. Yes of course! I made a goal to do 90 to do 6 m
onths a year, but ultimately it can
only be d
one "kol yom bifnei atsmo"
4. Share! Share! Share! I posted my ups and my downs, my fears and my worries (my thread called Noora's journey is buried somewhere
on the wall of h
onor thread).
I also posted torah thoughts and insights related to the struggle, which gave me tremendous encouragement.
I found the posting
on the forum to be highly therapeutic.
5. I Read the post of others. The chizuk is Awesome!!
I daven for our c
ontinued success
May the Almighty give us the courage and fortitude
one day at a time
All the love in the world to a fellow Warrior
Noorah