I am at 4 weeks tomorrow the difference between this and any other time I have quit in my life is I have a place to talk about it and I am finally admitting it is an addiction after 37 years. I’m sick of porn having that kind of power in my life and this time I’m fighting back!! Because now I know I can!!! Let’s win this war!!!
You are right, years ago it was said that porn can ruin lives and affect the lives of loved ones, but gave so little information on why and how to overcome it. This platform here however gives you testimonies, people's ups and downs with the addiction, how they triumphed and overcame the addiction, why they failed. Talking about it on this site purges the emotions, while having others identify with the struggle. And David, you most definitely can fight this addiction. Congratz on 4 weeks.
I Feel good about beeaking my 4 week threshold. Gonna’ listen to some Metallica and Godsmack to get me fired up and celebrate get ready to get back into the battle - 2 more months for my initial goal of 90 days. Wish me luck! I hope I make it good luck to all! We can fight back! We don’t have to let porn or any other sexual addiction control us anymore! We all have a choice we can be FREE!! Imagine hitting a year or two years or fuve years !! We can do this guys - one day at a time one step at a time!! We can achieve our no PMO goals and help others get out of this shit!
What I want to say is that it is a war with ourselves, a physical, emotional, intellectual change inside of each one of us, instead of being an external struggle.
josexrg, I agree with you, you are 100% right. However, the reason why I wrote this thread is because while I stayed away from porn last summer, it was being shoved in my face on Facebook with friend requests of people I don't know, showing naked women on their avatar and porn videos on their account. That is why I declare war on porn. It is an internal struggle but also an external one as well when it shows at your doorstep unwelcome.
Once you're on the internet it's hard not to come out of it, it's a web and it will suck you in. I bless anyone on this thread today to have a pmo free day.
Amen, we have God. Glad you were able to get through it. I have a question though. When you do feel an urge coming, or you feel thoughts of negativity, what do you do when tempted?
When I finally overcome my lust, I want to commit myself to helping others overcome their vices. Life is a battle and we WILL win this!
I fought my war as best I could... now its getting so easy... next challenge will be getting a girlfriend... its not gonna be easy but what would be the fun in being easy? NONE time to get in shape... literally
You guys are very encouraging in this thread. It’s true we all have our own battles to fight. And it’s OK to lose a battle if we win the war. I am almost to 5 weeks now. It’s been a challenge not to M or O - I still wake up in the middle of the night and these are my weakest moments. I’m glad for this forum because I usually jump on here instead of trying to wrestle with it I just try to change gears. Occasionally I’ll watch a movie on my phone for a bit until I’m tired enough to go back to sleep. But I’ve been able to not O but I did edge a couple times during the first few weeks but it’s becoming easier to just get back to sleep without a major struggle. I have a lot of things to get sorted out and this 90 day kickstart I’m hoping will impact some other areas of my life also and I honestly hope to be posting in a year or two that I’m still on track and that I’ve overcome the PMO addiction- Good luck guys! Let’s kick the shit out of this addiction!!
Amen to that, well said - porn is toxic and psychologically damaging. NoFap is enlightening the world for the better and I will continue to support the cause and NoFap.