So this is what Day 60 Feels like?

Hey Noland, I don't think it's selfish. I think everyone deserves to become great at what they are doing with passion. Everyone deserves joy.

"Why me?" That's a tough question to answer. I like to think of this as a chance to see a bigger picture. To learn and grow. Taking it as chance to break free of addiction and follow our scheme of life.

Maybe we needed this addiction to cherish real life again and find back to our roots. Maybe we needed this dark place to see light again.

Congrats on making it to 60 days! Amazing!

 

I don't think you need Christianity.... (says the Druid - haha)
No, it's good to put your faith in something.
What do I know?
I'm with a atheist.
I was with a Roman Catholic.
It's to each our own.
The secret is, we are our own perfect fit.
Love yourself first and love will find you.
It will never be ideal or what you want or what you are looking for.
It will be what you need.
As long as you are open to it.
Dating is easy, relationships are take work.
Do it in that order, OK?
Message me anytime my friend.

 

60 days with no PMO is huge. I got a long way to go but it was re connecting with God that gave me the strength to begin to pull away from this. You're doing great and you're a great example to the rest of us. Take your time and keep trusting in God.

 

Awesome man! Keep up the good work!

 

Great. I'm 21 days in, cant wait to get to 60 days and see how I feel then!

 

I truly wish you the best in life and everything you do everyday!

 

Thanks. I have no doubt we will all be free of this if we stay committed. This verse helped me tremendously and I hope it helps you too.

18Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body. 19Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.b
1 Corinthians 6:16-18) Stay strong and God Bless. At 60 days you need to reward yourself.

 

that was awsome man

 

God/gods/FSM didn't inflict this upon us. We did. So it's up to us to get ourselves out of it.

 

Wow, that is awesome. I found myself wrestling with the same questions: "Why me God?", "Have you planned my future to be this miserable?", "I've tried so hard to quit, so why can't I get this tribulation out of my life?". I learned that surrendering myself to God and asking him for help is the best way to get that motivation. He will always make a way. Honestly, I came here because I was hopeless on my current 15 day streak. On the verge of relapsing, I saw the experience you had on your 15 day streak and am now more determined to persevere through this and make it to 30 days. Thank you for sharing your story. God bless you bro!

 

I brought the negative energy into my life. The withdrawal is payback. I'm paying back my debt. I have many payments left. It's my fault.

 

No, not crazy. Just human. The hardest battle we fight is always with ourselves. It's easier to blame everything else and if the "influence" cannot be defined and therefore targeted, we do not have to do anything about it.
I am not a conventionally religious man but I do believe. However I have always felt that this world is a testing ground of sorts for our souls. Everybody at some point has been addicted to something or the other. It could be ice cream, could be PMO or it could be the PS4. The point is all addictions are bad. Because it is a subversion of a natural impulse into an insidious, controlling obsession that disrupts other parts of your life.
I don't believe M or O are bad. They are natural behaviours and there is a reason they exist. I am more ambivalent about porn. Personally I think it is highly degrading. I have noted elsewhere that during my PMO phase, I noticed that every female porn star is inked and pierced. Yes it is probably self-expression but given that every porn star seems to have it, I have often wondered whether it is an expression of their own inner pain thanks to this industry. But we live in a free world (mostly) so to each their own.
The point is we cannot control the presence or absence of porn or any other addiction-inducing substance in our world but we can in our personal lives. True victory over an addiction is when you can see or smell or even taste the object in question and not feel any desire to continue. I managed to do this with alcohol and I feel no desire to return to whatsoever. Even when my friends offer me a glass, I decide if I want to have it or not. Usually my answer is no.
Taking responsibility for your addiction, that your behaviour is the result of your own poor choices, is the most important step to overcoming it. Otherwise you have a convenient excuse for everything.