The Lord of the Rings Challenge

Day 4 complete!

I was reviewing the notes for a chapter on Human Evolution in one of my biology classes when a slide flashed onto the screen that showed a realistic, detailed, and of course nude image of a female. It was meant to compare our current state with past branches of the evolutionary family tree, though for obvious reasons I couldn't help being annoyed at its presence! No problems with my streak, though.

 

Thanks @RiseToGreatness. I have reached day 6 and ready for promotion to Uruk-Hai. I am going keep my focus this weekend and will act quickly stop any bad thoughts in their tracks.

Porn is never the answer even if our dopamine-addicted animal brain tells us otherwise.

Stay strong brothers. I look forward to updating you on Monday following a clean weekend.

 

Checking in on Day 125.

 

Just checking in, trying to stay positive despite my recent relapse.

 

5 days. Feeling much less orcish. Feeling more human. Fog is clearing. Lots of energy this morning. I like myself. No reason not too. I hope everyone has a great day.

 

Checking in on day 85. This will be a challenging week. First, anytime I near a landmark the urges get worse, almost as if my addiction is testing whether I really want this. 90 days is a big one, so I expect the urges to rear up in kind. Second, I’m a solo dad for a week while my co-parent is out of town. We’re close and usually help each other out even when we’re “off”, so I’ll be parenting without her support this week. That in and of itself isn’t a bad thing—my kiddo is awesome and I’m stoked to get so much time with him—but it means I’ll hit the evenings with all my energy depleted, and we all know that’s when the beast strikes. My plan is to get a really good sci-fi or fantasy book—an ‘airplane read’, hopefully a series—and get lost in that in the evenings instead of risking the computer. I love reading so if I have that to look forward to after bedtime routine I’ll be in a great place. Stay strong everyone! I can’t wait to be a Grey Wizard!!

 

269 days the stairs of Cirith Ungol
344 days no PMO, semen retention

 

Checking in from Hobbiton.

St. Pius V, pray for us!

 

Day 348.

 

Day 1,

Early morning run and 2nd dose of COVID vaccine today!

Here is to a PMO free weekend Fellowhip!

 

Day 226.

This day does not have the same flavor as yesterday's, but each day is special in its own right. I am not going to cast this day away as some tiny thing not worthy of any praise. The same with each successive one. This is why checking in every day becomes very important for me. It is no small feat to check in, and to reflect every single day. It means a great deal to the addict. Any missed day can weigh on you, and indeed it has for me before. I'd rather live without the weight to make the journey less arduous.

All the best brotherhood!

@RiseToGreatness Thanks for sharing that passage. It is a beautiful one!

 

21

 

DAY 0, let's try again.

 

day 54 i used in the past the pmo for running from my little problems, no anymore, i will confronte.

 

Day 12 check-in (Attempt 4) - Uruk-Hai

 

Checking in friends 143 days - 7 from the coronation!

Things are good. I am however finding it hard to adjust to having a life where I feel relatively on top of my addiction rather than the other way around. This is the time when thoughts arise such as 'it wouldn't matter if I looked at that film with the trigger scene, because I won't be triggered' - famous last words. I know that if I fish even once, that will reopen the Delta FosB highway and I will be compromised.

In front of you now I commit that I will never look at P again, I will never flirt or engage in sexual innuendo with colleagues who are in relationships again, I will become a human being again.

Strength to all on this quest, you have no idea what a great thing you are doing by taking on this insidious dragon that feeds on souls - you are warriors of the digital age!

St. Michael the Archangel please defend all on this forum in our hour of battle