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The Lord of the Rings Challenge

Discussion in 'Events & Challenges' started by RiseToGreatness, Sep 22, 2019.

Should the Thread Title be extended?

Poll closed Jun 21, 2020.
  1. No, leave like that: "The Lord of the Rings Challenge"

    18 vote(s)
    54.5%
  2. Yes. "The Lord of the Rings Challenge: The Fellowship of Nofap"

    15 vote(s)
    45.5%
  3. Yes. "The Lord of the Rings Challenge: Rising Fellowship of Eärendil"

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  4. Yes. "The Lord of the Rings Challenge: The Journey to Mount Doom"

    5 vote(s)
    15.2%
  5. Yes. "The Lord of the Rings Challenge: The Quest of the Ring-bearer"

    6 vote(s)
    18.2%
Multiple votes are allowed.
  1. lord_nelson

    lord_nelson Fapstronaut

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    Day 7!
    I feel minimal urges, but I accept them and know they are part of the process.
    How are you fellowship? :D
     
  2. IveWastedMyTime

    IveWastedMyTime Fapstronaut

    Wish you much strength!! Can relate! Stress is also one of my worst enemies!
     
  3. IveWastedMyTime

    IveWastedMyTime Fapstronaut

    7 days are Great !! Keep it up ! Im kinda tired but not inna dangerous way.^^
     
  4. zusya

    zusya Fapstronaut

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    Day 1

    I'm grateful for this day. I decided something had to change after my relapse yesterday, so I signed up to a 21 day PMO recovery course on Strive21.com. I feel hopeful about it. One of the first things they ask you to do is to find an accountability partner for the duration of the course. I thought throughout the day about who would be a good accountability partner for me, and then when I got home in the evening I realised I have one friend who I can be totally honest with about everything, and who is honest with me. So I texted him to ask him to be my accountability partner, and within seconds he replied with "sure".

    Had a quick call with him to agree how we would approach the accountability partner thing, and it was great to talk to him and I'm super grateful to have his support. Looking forward to these 21 days.

    Godspeed to ye all.
     
  5. zusya

    zusya Fapstronaut

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    You're here, and you're checking in honestly, and that's what matters.

    What do you think would be a step in the right direction for you? Have you considered for example joining a recovery programme like Strive21.com ? Or do you have any ideas of your own?
     
  6. kaerhal

    kaerhal Fapstronaut

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    Day 130

    Today was absolutely rammed with meetings, but I did have one huge highlight - I saw Iwan Rheon and Owen Teale at the pub! I’m not one to fawn over celebrities but Game of Thrones was probably one of my favourite shows I’ve seen, just a nice moment to see some faces!

    No urges, all grand.
     
  7. Kairose

    Kairose Fapstronaut

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    Day 277 & 278.

    Instant quit on interval fasting. It has too many cons. I'm just gonna eat healthy.
     
  8. Anas778

    Anas778 Fapstronaut

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  9. Anon117

    Anon117 Fapstronaut

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  10. Baki Hanma

    Baki Hanma Fapstronaut

  11. CALM IN SUFFERING

    CALM IN SUFFERING Fapstronaut

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    Day 30 complete

    Yay! I am an elf again.

    Doing good, I don’t feel tired yet. I feel good. Not expierencing any memorable urges
     
    kaerhal, SSS Vision, Slider8 and 6 others like this.
  12. MS PBH

    MS PBH Fapstronaut

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  13. yogiguru

    yogiguru Fapstronaut

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    Last day as an Orc, day 7 checkin...
     
    MS PBH, Kairose, Slider8 and 4 others like this.
  14. Rubzi

    Rubzi Fapstronaut

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    Day 20 - Hobbit, The village of Bree

    Having some minor urges and sexual thoughts. But no fishing or real danger yet
     
  15. Ready to Stop

    Ready to Stop Fapstronaut

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    Had a rough day yesterday. Started out on LinkedIn where I got a message from some random woman who said she was from China and wanted to know more about my business. It seemed like some sort of scam and my curiosity of “wonder what her game is” kicked in so I decided to play along for a bit out of curiosity. I was thinking “I’m no idiot so there is no risk. As soon as she reveals her scam I’ll just ignore her.” The chat was never explicit or sexual in any way but she asked me to chat with her over WhatsApp because she didn’t really use LinkedIn. This is where I should have just bounced but I did not. She sent me a message on WhatsApp (again nothing explicit). I hadn’t responded yet because I was driving but the thoughts of this situation had consumed me by this point. What was her game? What was she going to ask me to do? Did she need money? Again I was driving thinking about this when the question came to my mind “so you got me onto WhatsApp, now what do we do?” And with that I ejaculated with no warning. I wasn’t touching myself. Wasn’t looking at any image or video. I don’t even think I had an erection. Of course then I was hit with shame. “How did this even happen? I’m such an idiot!” Anyway… I know god loves me and I’m going to screw up but I’m pretty down on myself right now. Haven’t totally decided if I’m going to reset my counter or not. I didn’t look at p, I didn’t m but I did O. What do you guys think? I was on day 442. Now I’m not sure.
     
  16. a_unique_user

    a_unique_user Fapstronaut

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    I fell on Day 7.
    Again
    .

    I've been stuck in this loop for some time now...
    The 1st time i started off on this journey, i actually did quite well and got to 14 days if not a bit more. But since then it has been reset after reset after reset.
    I don't think this is how it's supposed to be. I feel extremely demoralized. My "why" doesn't feel as clear as it was at the beginning.

    I therefore feel that I now need to take some time off to truly reset my mind and remind myself why I am doing this.
    I need to get my mind in check. Lots of meditation is in my near future.

    I shall keep my counter running and keep off PMO as best I can in the meantime but I won't be checking in daily for the next few days @RiseToGreatness

    Wish me luck.
    All the best to the rest of you.
     
    MS PBH, Kairose, yogiguru and 2 others like this.
  17. newbobido

    newbobido Fapstronaut

    Day zero,
    I’m still fucked up. But there’s nowhere to go but up.

    @zusya Thank you! I’m not sure if Strive is right for me because it looks really Christian oriented and I’m a non believer. But I think I’ll look for a different program, that is a great idea.

    @IveWastedMyTime thank you, I'll try to stay more positive.

    So, does anybody know any program for quitting?
     
  18. you_can_UK

    you_can_UK Fapstronaut

  19. Mazda647

    Mazda647 Fapstronaut

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  20. Mazda647

    Mazda647 Fapstronaut

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    @a_unique_user

    You are doing quite well. Many, if not all, of us experience that initial period of "I'm doing awesome!" After a bit we fall and have a period of difficulty. One idea as to why is that initially this NoFap thing is novel (side note: just now I realized why books are called "novels") and exciting. After a short bit this newness wears off and our old patterns and habits take over. Basically, we walk into this with our addictive mind and NoFap is initially nothing more than the next new thing to go to.

    How accurate is this? I'm not the ultimate authority. If it makes logical sense to you then hopefully what I wrote helped.
     

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