Long story short is that I've been at this for about six months now. My longest streak was 10 days, and ever since then I've been relapsing every 3-5 days since. It's time for it to stop. I've let stress and concern about my future become an excuse to relapse whenever I want and I'm tired of it. So, I'm starting off at a month. After this month, I'll start adding months in order to reach my initial goal of 90 days. I'm looking for people who are similarly minded, and interested in creating a thread for support for people going through August. We share updates, hop on when urges hit, support others, etc. Not really expecting this to get a ton of attention, but if you're interested, feel free to let me know. Today's the first, and I'm a day in and intend to keep it going.
I want in! Taking it one month at a time will help me survive the 90 days. No intentional P or P-like things, no M, and no O! We can do this! Edit: ... Okay maybe a few P-like, substitute things. Call me crazy, but if I can't see someone attractive without learning to control myself, I am going to live a very dangerous life. "tantalize, then avert your eyes".
I want in! I've tried giving up porn so many times and my max has been 5 days. Every time i've masturbated, I've felt so drained and low. I need to stop this. Glad to have found this thread. Month starts today and so does my reboot! All up for the challenge.
Awesome! Glad to have you guys aboard. @Guster Congrats on making the jump to being active! Just take it one day at a time and you can do it. @Rigor_Mortis You're in! Welcome, and thanks for joining me in this! Looking forward to knocking this addiction! @Sliver121 Welcome! Challenge starts today! Relapsed not too long ago, but clean start today. How's everyone else holding up?
@writer239 So far so good for me. Had an urge earlier but I beat it. Gonna take a shower (showers don't make me wanna MO) and hand wash some clothes. Improving hygiene and distracting myself from MO is quite efficient, I must say.
Feeling pretty good today. Day one done. Hmmm...that's actually a good idea! I've been working out when I get urges but I've slacked off the last few days due to being really sore.
I'm in! Don't give up, you're in a bit of a cycle right now but all it takes is one streak to break through!
@UseItOrLoseIt , @Real_OGH , and @FreedomIsHere Welcome guys! Glad to have you aboard! Sorry I haven't been around. Things are a little hectic, but I'll be popping on daily to check in and update. Day 1 done here. No urges, but I know that'll change by the end of the week. Just trying to keep busy and move forward. How's everyone else doing?
There are two threads for this now. http://www.nofap.com/forum/index.php?threads/august-challenge.43564/
So, I thought I'd share my goals for August, and hopefully others will follow suit with setting, and publishing theirs! Spoiler: August Main Goals Extending My Current Streak: Reach 45 consecutive days without PM, which will happen on August 9th. Reach 60 consecutive days without PM, which will happen on August 24th. Success Rate: Success Rate of 97% (3% is one day) Racking Up Shorter Streaks: The August number for each is based on the maximum number of times, in the month, that each length of streak could be achieved, with a 1-day relapse between each streak. Reach 2 streaks of 30 consecutive days without PM. I started August on Day 36, so already have the first one on the books! Once in August. Reach 3 streaks of 20 consecutive days without PM. In just over two days, two on the books, so once in August. Reach 4 streaks of 15 consecutive days without PM. Two on the books, so twice in August. Reach 5 streaks of 10 consecutive days without PM. Three on the books, so twice in August. Reach 9 streaks of 7 consecutive days without PM. Five on the books, so 4 times in August. Reach 12 streaks of 5 consecutive days without PM. Seven on the books, so 5 times in August. Spoiler: August Bonus Goals Second Calendar Month without PM (July was the first!) Second ever Calendar Month without PM (July was the first!) 100% Success Rate Reach 67 consecutive days without PM, which will happen on August 31st.