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Re: Not given up yet 06 May 2022 17:50 #380490

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"I don't really have much of an option between being a tzaddik and a rosho."

That is completely not true. We're all a combination of everything. A part of being human is making mistakes. 

Re: Not given up yet 06 May 2022 17:54 #380491

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Reading everything you wrote up until this point was so inspiring. As another younger individual, I can relate to you.

I'm excited to see how much you continued to progress!

Re: Not given up yet 08 May 2022 11:23 #380517

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Have you ever met with a GYE mentor or a rebbi from your "real life"?
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Re: Not given up yet 08 May 2022 16:56 #380524

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Ahz wrote on 06 May 2022 17:50:
"I don't really have much of an option between being a tzaddik and a rosho."

That is completely not true. We're all a combination of everything. A part of being human is making mistakes. 

After searching hard I finally found what you were quoting. I wrote that a few months ago so i had to read it again to work out what i was saying. I meant to say that my mind was too closed to appreciate there being someone who's not a tzaddik or a rosho but somewhere in between. I wasn't saying it was true, just that it was my perception. I understand its not true and that everyone has good points and bad points, things they find easy and things they find hard and that you can't judge where someone else is holding.
I haven't really spoken to anyone. I spoke generally to my rov and he is trying to find me a therapist but he doesn't want me to waste time with a useless one so its taking time while he talks to different people trying to find me a good one. B'ezras Hashem he'll find me one soon and I'll start really working out the problem together.
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Re: Not given up yet 10 May 2022 16:12 #380582

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Boruch Hashem things are going well. I davened all tefillos so far this week and I've learnt quite a lot. That compliments the not giving in to the taiva for lust and for sugar. All in all, quite good, Boruch Hashem.
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Re: Not given up yet 12 May 2022 14:31 #380656

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Day 6. Best I've done in recent memory. Thank you hashem.
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Re: Not given up yet 13 May 2022 14:26 #380698

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A full week. The first time I ever saw the level three coin. Boruch Hashem. Last night I spoke by phone to one of the members of gye and B'ezras Hashem I'll keep up with him and it will be helpful. Also, a whole week of davening all three tefillos every day and almost all with a minyan. Haven't done that in ages. Hodu Lashem Ki Tov.
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Re: Not given up yet 13 May 2022 14:49 #380699

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Goldfish wrote on 13 May 2022 14:26:
A full week. The first time I ever saw the level three coin. Boruch Hashem. Last night I spoke by phone to one of the members of gye and B'ezras Hashem I'll keep up with him and it will be helpful. Also, a whole week of davening all three tefillos every day and almost all with a minyan. Haven't done that in ages. Hodu Lashem Ki Tov.

Amazing! If there's a will, there's a way! Keep it up...
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Re: Not given up yet 13 May 2022 15:35 #380703

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I can sense your excitement in your post. Enjoy the amazing feeling of growing. Keep on building one small step at a time.
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Re: Not given up yet 20 May 2022 11:32 #380977

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אודך כי עניתני ותהי לי לישועה. אבן מאסו הבונים היתה לראש פנה. מאת ה' היתה זאת היא נפלאת בעינינו. זה היום עשה ה' הגילה ונשמחה בו. אנא ה' הושיעה נא אנא ה' הצליחה נא.

Boruch Hashem, 14 days. I could never have imagined going so long without masturbating or looking at arousing content. Its a gift from hashem of purity. I don't know if I'll fall again and being human I probably will, but for now i can enjoy the great gift of being clean, of being able to go to mikva on erev shabbos without feeling guilty for having made myself tomei. Although I might be a baal keri (not certain) it wasn't directly my fault if i am. Hashem loves me and despite the fog in my brain, He has given me a taste of holiness. I've davened all three tefillos every day for the past 2 weeks, almost exclusively with a minyan. Additionally I was zoche today to finish sefer shemiras haloshon today for the first time ever and to finish the sefer chofetz chaim for the fourth time. These two seforim have greatly impacted my life and have made my life more pleasant.
(thank you is also due to anyone and everyone who has posted on my thread or sent me pms. Hashem should shower you with berochos and you should be zoche to reach the highest levels of kedusha and to have happy married lives and holy healthy children.)

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Re: Not given up yet 20 May 2022 13:23 #380982

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Goldfish wrote on 20 May 2022 11:32:

אודך כי עניתני ותהי לי לישועה. אבן מאסו הבונים היתה לראש פנה. מאת ה' היתה זאת היא נפלאת בעינינו. זה היום עשה ה' הגילה ונשמחה בו. אנא ה' הושיעה נא אנא ה' הצליחה נא.

Boruch Hashem, 14 days. I could never have imagined going so long without masturbating or looking at arousing content. Its a gift from hashem of purity. I don't know if I'll fall again and being human I probably will, but for now i can enjoy the great gift of being clean, of being able to go to mikva on erev shabbos without feeling guilty for having made myself tomei. Although I might be a baal keri (not certain) it wasn't directly my fault if i am. Hashem loves me and despite the fog in my brain, He has given me a taste of holiness. I've davened all three tefillos every day for the past 2 weeks, almost exclusively with a minyan. Additionally I was zoche today to finish sefer shemiras haloshon today for the first time ever and to finish the sefer chofetz chaim for the fourth time. These two seforim have greatly impacted my life and have made my life more pleasant.
(thank you is also due to anyone and everyone who has posted on my thread or sent me pms. Hashem should shower you with berochos and you should be zoche to reach the highest levels of kedusha and to have happy married lives and holy healthy children.)


Amazing chizzuk for all of us! May you continue to grow and being an inspiration for many years to come. 
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Re: Not given up yet 26 May 2022 14:00 #381227

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I wanted to share something I found inspirational in the hakdoma of sefer shemiras haloshon. The chofetz chaim is refering specifically to shemiras haloshon but I feel it can also apply to our situation. I would've cut it down but he writes so beautifully.

עוֹד אָמַרְתִּי לְהַעְתִּיק פֹּה בַּהַקְדָּמָה מַה שֶּׁבֵּאַרְתִּי אֶת מַאֲמַר חֲזַ''ל בְּאָבוֹת דְּרַבִּי נָתָן פֶּרֶק כ''ז מִשְׁנָה ג', כְּדֵי שֶׁעַל יְדֵי זֶה יוּכַל כָּל אָדָם לְהָשִׁיב אֶת יִצְרוֹ מַה שֶּׁיִּטְעֹן עָלָיו בְּעִנְיָן זֶה, וְזֶה לְשׁוֹנוֹ: הוּא הָיָה אוֹמֵר: אַל תַּרְחִיק עַצְמְךָ מִמִּדָּה שֶׁאֵין לָהּ קִצְבָה, וּמִמְּלָאכָה שֶׁאֵין לָהּ גְּמִירָא וְכוּ' דִּינַר זָהָב וְכוּ', וְאָמַרְתִּי דְּכַוָּנַת הָאָבוֹת דְּר' נָתָן בְּשֵׁם מִדָּה, הַיְנוּ לְעִנְיָנֵנוּ, דְּיָדוּעַ הוּא שֶׁמְּפַתֶּה הַיֵּצֶר לְהָאָדָם לְהִתְרַחֵק מִמִּדַּת שְׁמִירַת הַלָּשׁוֹן וּמִלִּלְמֹד פְּרָטֵי הַדִּין הַזֶּה, וְאוֹמֵר לְךָ: מַה תּוֹעֶלֶת תַּגִּיעַ לְךָ, אִם תִּלְמַד וְתַעֲמִיק בְּזֶה הָעִנְיָן, הַאִם תּוּכַל לְהַגִּיעַ עַד קִצְבָתָהּ וְלִשְׁמֹר אֶת פִּיךָ בְּכָל יְמֵי חַיֶּיךָ? הַלְוַאי יֻמְשַׁךְ הַקִּיּוּם עַל יוֹם אוֹ יוֹמַיִם, וַאֲפִלּוּ בְּזֶה הַזְּמַן הַמֻּעָט, הַאִם תִּשְׁמֹר בְּכָל הָעִנְיָנִים שֶׁצָּרִיךְ לִשְׁמֹר? הֲלֹא אִישׁ מְדִינִי אַתָּה, וְיֵשׁ לְךָ עֲסָקִים רַבִּים עִם מֵאוֹת בְּנֵי אָדָם. שׁוּב לְךָ, שֶׁלֹּא תַּתְחִיל בְּזוֹ הַמִּדָּה כְּלָל, כִּי הִיא מִדָּה, שֶׁאֵין לָהּ קִצְבָה בִּזְמַן וּבְעִנְיָן, כִּי כּוֹלֶלֶת לְכָל חֶלְקֵי הָעִתִּים וְהַזְּמַנִּים, אֲשֶׁר יִתְקַיֵּם הָאָדָם בִּימֵי חֶלְדּוֹ, וְגַם כּוֹלֶלֶת לְכָל חֶלְקֵי הָעִנְיָנִים אֲשֶׁר בֵּין אָדָם לַחֲבֵרוֹ, וְלָזֶה בָּא הַתַּנָּא ר' יוֹחָנָן בֶּן דַּהֲבַאי וְהוֹרָה לָנוּ בִּדְבָרָיו הַקְּצָרִים, שֶׁבֶּאֱמֶת לֹא כֵן הַדָּבָר, שֶׁלֹּא יַרְחִיק אֶת עַצְמוֹ מִמִּדָּה שֶׁאֵין לָהּ קִצְבָה וְכוּ'. וּנְבָאֵר דְּבָרֵינוּ הֵיטֵב בְּעֶזְרַת ה' יִתְבָּרַךְ, א. לְעִנְיַן טַעֲנַת הַיֵּצֶר שֶׁלֹּא יֻמְשַׁךְ הַדָּבָר יוֹתֵר מִיּוֹם אוֹ יוֹמַיִם. יָשִׁיב לוֹ: לוּ יְהִי כִּדְבָרֶיךָ, וְכִי בִּשְׁבִיל זֶה צָרִיךְ לְהִתְרַפּוֹת מִזֶּה? הֲלֹא יָדוּעַ הוּא, כִּי כַּאֲשֶׁר יֵלֵךְ, יִהְיֶה מִי שֶׁיִּהְיֶה, אֲפִלּוּ עָשִׁיר גָּדוֹל וְכָל שֶׁכֵּן עָנִי, עַל שְׂפַת הַיָּם, וְיִרְאֶה שֶׁפָּלַט הַיָּם אֲבָנִים טוֹבוֹת וּמַרְגָלִיּוֹת, הַאִם יַתִּיר לְנַפְשׁוֹ מִלְּהִתְרַפּוֹת מִלְּלָקְטָן מִסִּבַּת דָּבָר שֶׁלֹּא יִמָּשֵׁךְ זְמַן לְקִיטָתָן רַק עַל אֵיזֶה שָׁעוֹת, וּלְכָל הַיּוֹתֵר יוֹם אֶחָד? דְזֶה אֵין שַׁיָּךְ רַק בְּדָבָר פָּחוּת וְנִבְזֶה, לֹא כֵן בַּאֲבָנִים טוֹבוֹת וּמַרְגָלִיּוֹת, הַיְקָרִים מְאֹד בְּשָׁוְיָן, אֲשֶׁר כָּל רֶגַע וְרֶגַע, אֲשֶׁר יִלְקְטֵם וְיִתְפְּשֵׂם תַּחַת יָדוֹ, שָׁוֶה יוֹתֵר מִמֵּאָה יָמִים אֲשֶׁר יִלְקֹט דְּבָרִים פְּחוּתִים. כֵּן הַדָּבָר מַמָּשׁ בְּעִנְיָנֵנוּ, דַּהֲלֹא יָדוּעַ מַה שֶּׁהֵבִיא הַגְּרָ''א בְּשֵׁם הַמִּדְרָשׁ, שֶׁעַל כָּל רֶגַע וְרֶגַע שֶׁאָדָם חוֹסֵם פִּיו, זוֹכֶה לָאוֹר הַגָּנוּז, שֶׁאֵין כָּל מַלְאָךְ וּבְרִיָּה יָכוֹל לְשַׁעֵר, רְאֵה שֶׁלֹּא נִזְכַּר בַּמִּדְרָשׁ חֹדֶשׁ אוֹ שָׁבוּעַ אוֹ יוֹם אוֹ שָׁעָה, רַק רֶגַע. וְזוֹהִי בְּעֶצֶם כַּוָּנַת הַכָּתוּב {משלי ב' ד'}: ''אִם תְּבַקְּשֶׁנָּה כַכָּסֶף'' וְגוֹ', שֶׁצָּרִיךְ הָאָדָם לְהִתְנַהֵג בְּבַקָשַׁת הַתַּכְלִית הַנִּצְחִי, כְּמוֹ שֶׁהוּא מִתְנַהֵג בְּבַקָּשַׁת הַכֶּסֶף וְחִפּוּשׂ הַמַּטְמוֹנִיּוֹת. וְזֶהוּ מַה שֶּׁאָמַר הַתַּנָּא: לֹא תַּרְחִיק עַצְמְךָ מִמִּדָּה שֶׁאֵין לָהּ קִצְבָה, כְּלוֹמַר שֶׁיַּחְשְׁבֶנָּה הָאָדָם בְּנַפְשׁוֹ לִזְכוּת וְלִמְצִיאָה כָּל מַה שֶּׁיִּמְצָא מִמֶּנָּה. וְכָל זֶה הוּא אֲפִלּוּ לְפִי דִּבְרֵי הַיֵּצֶר, שֶׁלֹּא תּוֹעִיל הַהַסְכָּמָה וְהַקַּבָּלָה, שֶׁיְּקַבֵּל בְּלִבּוֹ עַל לְהַבָּא, רַק עַל יָמִים אֲחָדִים. אַךְ כַּאֲשֶׁר נַעֲמִיק יוֹתֵר בְּעִנְיָן זֶה, תִּרְאֶה שֶׁטַּעֲנַת הַיֵּצֶר שֶׁקֶּר מֵעִקָּרוֹ. כִּי כְּבָר נִבְחַן בְּכוּר הַנִּסָּיוֹן, כִּי אִם יִרְצֶה לַעֲמֹל בָּזֶה, כָּל עוֹד שֶׁיַּרְגִּיל בָּזֶה, יֵקַל הוּא לְהִשָּׁמֵר. כִּי יַרְגִּישׁ בְּעֵת שֶׁיּוֹצִיא מִפִּיו אֵיזֶה דִּבּוּר שֶׁלֹּא כַּהֹגֶן, תַּחַת אֲשֶׁר בִּתְחִלָּתוֹ לֹא הִרְגִּישׁ מֵחֲמַת רֹב מְרוּצַת הֶרְגֵּלוֹ לְכָל הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר יַחְפֹּץ, וּבִמְעַט זְרִיזוּת לְנַפְשׁוֹ יִמָּנַע מִדִּבּוּרִים אֲסוּרִים, אַחַר שֶׁאֵין לוֹ עוֹד כֹּחַ הַהֶרְגֵּל לָזֶה. וַאֲפִלּוּ אִם יִמָּשֵׁךְ אֵיזֶה זְמַן, אֲשֶׁר לֹא יוּכַל לְזָרֵז אֶת נַפְשׁוֹ בְּעִנְיָן זֶה מֵאֵיזֶה סִבָּה, אוֹ שֶׁמָּצָא אֶת עַצְמוֹ בְּכַמָּה פְּעָמִים, שֶׁנִּצַּח אוֹתוֹ הַיֵּצֶר בְּעִנְיָן זֶה, אַף עַל פִּי כֵן אַל יִפֹּל לִבּוֹ עָלָיו לְהִתְיָאֵשׁ עוֹד מֵעִנְיָן זֶה, כִּי אִם יְחַזֵּק עוֹד אֶת נַפְשׁוֹ וְיִתְעוֹרֵר בְּעִנְיַן הַשְּׁמִירָה וְיִהְיֶה הוּא הַמְנַצֵּחַ. וּבְכָל יָמָיו יִתְנַהֵג כָּךְ, וְזֶהוּ מַה שֶּׁאָמְרוּ חֲזַ''ל {ברכות ה.} לְעוֹלָם יַרְגִּיז אָדָם יֵצֶר טוֹב עַל יֵצֶר הָרָע וְכוּ', וְהַהַרְגָּזָה הַזּוֹ, הַיְנוּ שֶׁיַּעֲשֶׂה עִמּוֹ מִלְחָמָה לְעוֹלָם, וְהַיְנוּ כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתַבְנוּ. וְשָׁמַעְתִּי בְּשֵׁם גָּאוֹן אֶחָד, שֶׁשָׁאַל אָדָם אוֹתוֹ, אִם לֹא כִּוֵּן בְּרֹב הַתְּפִלָּה וְהוּא עוֹמֵד בְּסוֹף הַתְּפִלָּה, בְּאֵיזֶה אֹפֶן יְעוֹרֵר אֶת נַפְשׁוֹ לְהַתְחִיל לְכַוֵּן. וְהֵשִׁיבוֹ, מָשָׁל לְמָה הַדָבָר דּוֹמֶה? לְתִינוֹקֶת אַחַת, שֶׁעָמְדָה עַל הַשּׁוּק בְּסַל גָּדוֹל שֶׁל יְרָקוֹת לִמְכֹּר, וּפָגַע בָּהּ אָדָם אֶחָד וְהִתְחִיל לַחֲטֹף מֵהַסַּל, וְנִבְהֲלָה וְלֹא יָדְעָה שׁוּם עֵצָה אֵיךְ לַעֲשׂוֹת. פִּקְּחַ אֶחָד עָמַד לְמֵרָחוֹק, אָמַר לָהּ: מַה תַּעֲמֹדִי, עַל מַה תַּמְתִּינִי? עַד שֶׁיַּחְטֹף כֻּלּוֹ? הִנֵּה הוּא חוֹטֵף גַּם אַתְּ חִטְפִי, וְכָל מַה שֶּׁיַּעֲלֶה בְּיָדֵךְ יִהְיֶה שֶׁלָּךְ. כֵּן הַדָּבָר מַמָּשׁ בְּעִנְיַן הַתְּפִלָּה, הִנֵּה הַיֵּצֶר מִתְגַּבֵּר עַל הָאָדָם וּמַפִּיל עָלָיו עַצְלוּת וּמַחֲשָׁבוֹת זָרוֹת, עַד שֶׁעַל יְדֵי זֶה לֹא כִּוֵּן בְּכַמָּה וְכַמָּה בְּרָכוֹת מֵהַתְּפִלָּה, גַּם אַתָּה חֲטֹף וְזָרֵז אֶת עַצְמְךָ בְּכָל כֹּחֲךָ לְכַוֵּן בַּבְּרָכוֹת, אֲשֶׁר עֲדַיִן הֵם לְפָנֶיךָ........ כֵּן הַדָּבָר מַמָּשׁ בְּעִנְיָנֵנוּ, הַיֵּצֶר נִצַּחֲךָ בְּיוֹם זֶה בְּדִבּוּרִים אֲסוּרִים, אַתָּה עֲמֹד וְהִתְחַזֵּק נֶגְדּוֹ לְמָחָר לְנַצְּחוֹ. וַאֲפִלּוּ אִם, חַס וְשָׁלוֹם, יִתְּרָמֵי שֶׁיְּנַצַּחֲךָ עוֹד הַפַּעַם, אַף עַל פִּי כֵן חֲזֹר וְהִתְחַזֵּק נֶגְדּוֹ לְהִלָּחֵם אִתּוֹ, וּבְוַדַּאי יַעֲזָרְךָ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, שֶׁתִּהְיֶה גַּם כֵּן מֵהַמְנַצְּחִים, כִּי הַבָּא לִטָּהֵר מְסַיְּעִין אוֹתוֹ. כְּלָלוֹ שֶׁל דָּבָר, כָּל יָמָיו שֶׁל אָדָם תִּהְיֶה מִלְחָמָה בֵּינוֹ וּבֵין הַיֵּצֶר, וְזוֹהִי בְּעֶצֶם כַּוָּנַת חֲזַ''ל: לְעוֹלָם יַרְגִּיז אָדָם וְכוּ'. וְזֶה מַה שֶׁאָמַר הַכָּתוּב {קהלת י' ד'}: ''אִם רוּחַ הַמּוֹשֵׁל תַּעֲלֶה עָלֶיךָ, מְקוֹמְךָ אַל תַּנַּח''.

Still Struggling, But I Won't Give Up



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Re: Not given up yet 30 May 2022 15:30 #381358

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Not going so well. I find lust in random things. It doesn't take looking at porn or even lusting about women to get me aroused. It can be an insinuation in a comment or a random stupid thought popping in my head. It doesn't help having coarse co-workers who can laugh about anything including highly inappropiate insinuations. sigh. Still keeping it up though, haven't touched myself or looked at obscene material for weeks already.
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Re: Not given up yet 30 May 2022 15:48 #381359

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Goldfish wrote on 30 May 2022 15:30:
Not going so well. I find lust in random things. It doesn't take looking at porn or even lusting about women to get me aroused. It can be an insinuation in a comment or a random stupid thought popping in my head. It doesn't help having coarse co-workers who can laugh about anything including highly inappropiate insinuations. sigh. Still keeping it up though, haven't touched myself or looked at obscene material for weeks already.

Sorry to hear that it's going so tough for you...
The secret to success is to let Hashem do it for us, as the Pasuk says: “Hashem yilachem lachem, ve’atem tacharishun – Hashem will fight for you, and you shall be silent.” To accomplish this, however, we need to learn to completely trust in Hashem. And those who learn this and give over the struggle to Hashem are amazed to find that Hashem actually removes the lust from them and keeps them "sober". 

The Ohr Hachayim also describes this miraculous phenomenon. He asks, if someone has already fallen into these things and can't help thinking about them, how can they possibly hold themselves back from sinning? He quotes the Pasuk in Acharei Mos:"Speak to the Children of Israel and tell them, I am Hashem your G-d. Like the ways of the land of Egypt that you have dwelled in their midst, you shall not do." Explains the Ohr Hachayim, the Torah is hinting to us that for someone who "dwelled in the land of Egypt" and has already accustomed himself to seeing and thinking about these things, the Pasuk starts off with the words: "Tell them that I am Hashem your G-d." This is to teach us that: "While it is impossible with human strength... with G-dly strength, you shall be able to be victorious over the natural physical drives."

When we learn to “Let Go and Let G-d,” Hashem does all the fighting for us and we don’t have to “overcome” anything on our own. Our job is just to maintain a healthy spiritual condition and learn to live with Hashem’s help. Of course, we also need to take the steps we can, to ensure that we do not continue feeding our addiction. When we let Hashem do it for us, we have Hashem’s strength and not our own, as the Pasuk says “Kovei Hashem yachalifu koach – those who hope to Hashem exchange strengths”. We literally exchange our strength with that of Hashem’s.

"If I am not for myself, who will be for me? But if I am only for myself, who am I? If not now, when?"
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Re: Not given up yet 30 May 2022 16:13 #381360

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it sounds like you are doing amazing, but are still frustrated.

It is normal for you to be easily triggered when this struggle is in the forefront of your mind.

i have found in the past that saying a kpittel tehillim as soon as that situation arises can help with this. instead of becoming a problem, it becomes an opportunity to become closer to hashem.

edit - my suggestion is for when a situation arises, (e.g. you come across a large inappropriate billboard unexpectedly) before you start have any thoughts.  Once you start actually having unwanted thoughts the best advice is to move on to other thoughts and not to focus on fighting (as other posters have suggested)
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