The START 2021 STRONGER Challenge [CLOSED]

10 days of September, 10 days of clean living and (mostly) clean minded time. I've too been having some memories and thoughts of my wife and our "Glory years". Missing when she was most attracted to me and enjoyed our sexual encounters. Hoping that will return one day when I am better.

As for today, it is September 11th here in the USA, a day that significantly changed my life and many close to me. A day of remembrance that life is not guaranteed. A point driven home yesterday when we walked my mother in law to her final resting place.

Remember friends that we can continue this path of Fapping and have the same tomorrow that is already destined through self abuse, porn, shame, etc., or we can take this one day to strengthen our minds and body for the next day - which WILL be easier.

Let's close this day strong. Another week is ending. Soon the month will be gone, and then we'll be on our way to the best year of our lives....2021.

 

T

There are all sorts of challenges from one day to a year. Some you reset, some you don't. There's even one similar to what you're describing, 14 steps of incremental days increasing and you stay on that step. The point of the challenge is to reach 100+ days of reboot and actually achieve the time needed to heal. Having 16 seven day streaks, or 30, 30, 20, 5, 40 is not the objective. Check out my journal if you'd like. I've relapsed 17 times this year since January. Am I better than I was last January, perhaps. But this is my final stand - figuratively, and you can choose this path or a y other that works for you. Anyone that's been on this forum a while can attest that this is a serious matter to contend with. It won't go away with minimal effort. It will be damn hard and difficult. Challenges, like this are aimed at getting you another layer of motivation and distraction from that difficulty and the associated pains.

I respect that this may not be for you, but the idea is simply to not procrastinate another day. I worked all year for 9 months feeling just like you. I've seen so many "day zero, again" posts and written them myself too.

What will end this cycle?

WHO ACCEPTS THIS CHALLENGE?

 

Don't be afraid to fail at anything. Rather be afraid to lack the courage to try. Minutes turn into hours. Hours to days. Days to Seasons. Manage your minutes, the rest will fall into place.

 

Checking in and I am remaining free from acting out thus far.

Sorry guys, I had typed up that longer message a couple days ago, I guess it failed to post and instead saved as a draft. Fortunately it was not lost.

I've had a tough week. Emotions tested, resilience tested. Patience tested. Right now I am waiting on the AC guy to come and replace our unit - multiple thousands of dollars I wasn't planning on spending this month/year. But we drive forward. I am hoping to connect with a few people and push them one day or one week or maybe even a month further than they might have gotten without this challenge. Is failure and relapse and resetting an option and or an outcome for some of us, absolutely. But if you're still here today, that failure was not yesterday. And whatever THAT took to achieve, do it again today. And just manage these next 24 hours with all your attention on not quitting today.

Good luck friends, wishing you strength.

 

Hell yes, man. You got this! We got this! Welcome to the challenge.

 

I am new; just joined today.
So much to learn. So much to repair.
Hoping that I may join this challenge.

 

Day 0, I lost my 12 days streak by Porn. i didn't ejaculated but I did PM.

My approach:

• No Porn
  
• No MO
• No Edging
• No P subs

I installed an add-on on my browser to block all the NSFW webpages, I also hid the button to disable the add-on so it don't wanna be easy to get access to that kind of material​

• No Peeking

Honestly, I don't know what it means​

• No Sexting
• No Sex Chat Rooms

Never was a problem
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Keep going, bros. On January 01 I'll be on a +100 days streak!

 

@BrohkenCompass add me to this challenge please.

Can I start from day 3?

 

Hi welcome to the challenge. You're going to want to get involved and read up on relapses, warnings, plans, etc. Be ready for urges before you have urges. Have an escape plan.

 

Got you, brother. Welcome.

 

Sorry to hear that man. I'll try to drop a link tomorrow but search YouTube for Universal Man what to do after a relapse.

 

Sorry to hear about your setback. Look for a separate post tomorrow morning setting a way forward for the group.