Birshusi wrote on 20 Aug 1974 18:20:
I gotta agree with ina on this one. Over the last two weeks, I've seen things and have had thoughts that gave me pleasure, and I began to get angry and frustrated that I just can't control myself. And then I remind myself, this is totally normal. And magically, I calm down and go vyter feeling positive and encouraged to keep improving. It's working. I haven't fallen once since I joined GYE. If instead I keep telling myself that I have an addiction, it feels like an insurmountable defect and I'd just get depressed. Obviously if someone really truly has an addiction, he's got to face it and learn to manage it, whatever it takes. But if I can have this mindset, that I'm a normal male doing my best to follow the dvar Hashem, and it works to keep me clean, I would think it to be obvious that this is the correct approach.
By all means, no need to jump right in and heap a lable
on. Gye offers a whole bunch of new tools and outlooks that you may not have tried before. Go for it,
keep on trucking, and see if you can lick this thing (at least mostly)
once and for all. Not everybody who comes
on this site has an addicti
on. (unless you include coffee and cell ph
ones - then we all have an addicti
on). This thread with all of it's posts arent going anywhere. Many of them c
ontain a lot of truths, since the topic of having an addicti
on is very close to the hearts of many people here. (I believe that rec
onizing that
one has an addicti
on - If he does - is very important) But there is no reas
on to jump to that right away, there are other things to try first, and those other things might work!
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