Recent content by Narwhale

I am happy to announce that I did in fact make it to the 3rd for a total of 8 days. Also very excitingly, the tail end of the year, I used PMO only 12 times in December and 12 in November. That's down significantly from nearly 25 times a month earlier this year. The ideal time seems to be a...

Thanks! Sadly, I already relapsed. But I will definitely try again. Right now, it's usually at the beginning or the end of the day that I am most likely to relapse, and since I need to go to sleep, I am not sure how to get around that. One thing I have been contemplating trying is...

Well, I am back. The semester was very hard, and I will probably have to drop off again when Spring semester starts. But during winter, I want to throw more effort into trying again. My current goal is to make it until January 3rd without viewing porn, but I will also try to abstain from MO. I...

Well, relapsed yesterday. But not going to give up. I have gotten better at handling urges based in physical needs, just by asking myself what is actually going on? Why do I want to use PMO. Still working on the times when I am struggling with fear or stress that are not easily alleviated...

Well, first couple days of the semester hit me like a ton of bricks. I relapsed on the 4th and again this morning. The good news is that I didn't fold like a house of cards immediately, but only after I ran out of ideas about how to distract myself. Procrastination has a lot to do with it, since...

3/7. Semester starts tomorrow.

Well, relapsed yesterday, but after completing my first 5 day streak in a while, I am feeling pretty good. My rate of PMO was lower than last month and with fewer days in which it happened. Hopefully, I can maintain a downward trend or at least not return to previously high rates of PMO. The...

I am happy to say that I completed day 3 and 4 of a 5 day challenge.

Today was kind of strange. I relapsed, but this time I couldn't figure out what was driving the urges. These times are most frustrating, because it seems like there is no lesson to learn or improvement made. And I wonder how much longer I might have needed to hold out to successfully fended off...

Thank you for the encouragement! I am glad to say that I just completed day 2. I have already noticed that many times when I want to PMO, I usually have other needs that I need to take care of. Once I have, it is easier to say no. I have also noticed that while my streaks haven't been...

Thank you! Unfortunately, as you wrote just under this message, I made another bad choice today. 12 hour work day, not used to it, and it really did a number on my motivation. But I sometimes get stuck in ruts when I relapse. Here's to a new shot. Day 0 today.

I quickly discovered that I am not capable of doing two weeks. The thought of going that long just demoralizes me. So I am going to scale back to something I can handle. Thanks for the idea of this challenge. I am going to start with just 5 days. If I reach that, I will keep going. Day 0.

I hear you, man, but I am not sure if I have any advice. Try to isolate yourself from it as much as possible, make a list of the reasons you want to stop and post it at your computer where you will have to see it when you want to PMO, seek out other people's company when you want to engage PMO...

Well, had a rough day yesterday and today. Relapsed this evening after struggling to say no. So back to day 0 for me. Let's keep pushing forward!

Day 2. Wow, feels like the days are passing very slowly. That's not great.