Recent content by DayOne44

This is a long and difficult process, and the desire never goes away. A large part of this is simply learning to live with the urges. Like @I_Am_Strong_54, I've been struggling for over twenty years, and I continue to struggle. The main things here are to never give up, and even more...

I have had the gravely mistaken idea that edging would be a "lesser evil" and relieve the urge to look at porn. That, in my experience, was indeed a mistake. Edging only stimulates the sexual urge and makes everything worse. The nature of male sexuality is to reach an endpoint. (We know that...

I've had an account on NoFap for years, but I must admit that in recent times, I haven't been active. In my early years here, I was posting regularly, and my recent lapse is simply because I've been dealing with my struggle in other ways. When I have logged onto this site recently, it has...

On NoFap, I take consolation seeing that I am not the only one.

As I told you, I know how this goes. I must admit that while I try to give advice here, I'm really a total fool. I'll do PMO, as I did very recently, and then go several days without even thinking of it. My last streak was about 12 days; I had no urges during that time. I'm stupid because I...

You already understand the problem. Peeking at Psubs or only skirting the edges of porn are slippery slopes. These will only make you rationalize looking at porn itself. You'll eventually stumble on the real thing when you keep searching the soft stuff. Once you slide into real porn, which...

If you had asked me, I would have advised you not to tell your parents. (That may be because I remember well what my own parents were like.) Regardless, it looks like this talk was a good step. Basically, I just want to say that your parents are amazing!

Yes, you have the right view of this incident. Nine days is a real initial streak, and you certainly have developed over this time. What you have learned, how you have developed, and your experience are still in you. This is why I think "relapse" is too strong a term. It suggests that...

This is a very good post. I'm underlining the items quoted above.

74 Days. That really is useful to know. The whole "90 day reboot" thing seems arbitrary. Ninety is just a big number. Knowing that it is 74 days until reabsorption, we know what's happening in the body and, possibly, what to expect. I read the article at that link, and found it informative...

@Aod Dhan Congratulations on 90 days! This is a noteworthy accomplishment. I can understand your question, "What's the point of doing anything at all?" This summer, I've had a number of really "great" projects planned. I've only made a few very small starts. While I'm disappointed with...

You say she's "nothing special really." She may not be anywhere near the supermodel type and may not be beautiful according to the world's conventional standards. Yet, she has your attention; you see something special in and about her. That is the mystery of attraction. This, especially in...

Your frankness here hits the truth. And, the irony in this metaphor is hilarious! Call me old-fashioned, but I still believe in capitalizing the first words of sentences and using periods. I was a bad student; I never did homework, read, studied or did much of anything to better myself in...

I can identify with this intention. You say that it is "too busy," but I see a precipitous drop in activity on NoFap since I started here about six years ago. As I've suspected, many guys may have just given up, and I can sympathize with that too. (Lately, I've been feeling like giving up on...

On NoFap, we should be free to be brutally honest about all aspects of our struggles. It doesn't get any more raw than porn addiction. Everywhere, we are oppressed by the hegemony of political correctness, "wokeism," and every other currently fashionable ideology. Unfortunately, that seems to...