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quitting weed & alcohol

Discussion in 'Rebooting - Porn Addiction Recovery' started by Marlow, Aug 30, 2014.

  1. Marlow

    Marlow New Fapstronaut

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    I thought I coud do it, but I was fooling myself. those 2 just completely destroys my willpower about not fapping, and today I relapsed. I think I'll quit them for a very long time for this. Is it hard for you to control yourself after using these substances, guys?
     
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  2. Ronald

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    Alcohol is really bad for dealing with urges. It's when I wake up with a massive hangover, I am so lazy and lethargic, I stay in bed and would PMO all day. I suggest to you to at least try to curb your drinking. There's lot of ways to do this, don't drink at home, or if you have to only buy an amount that's not gonna get you wasted, stay away from liquor, if you're drinking beer think about drinking a weaker beer and only buy a 6 pack at the most. If you go out only take with you a certain amount of money, don't bring any cards so won't end up buying more and end up getting wasted.

    Weed is another thing altogether, I would say give it up completely.
     
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  3. Yada91

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    Hi mate, I smoked weed for 3 years and I learned the hard way. Weed was what got me into the mess I am in now, because I was too stoned to get any help for my dark PMO addiction, I used it to mask my porn habits and social seclusion. The weed has turned me into a Paranoid Skitzophrenic and I can't even go to the shop without hearing voices. Theres only a 3% chance of this happening of course but will you run that risk?
     
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  4. beauty

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    Speaking for myself, weed made my INCREDIBLY horny a couple hours after smoking up. The actual smoking of marijuana would occur with buddies, we could hang out for a couple hours, then as soon as I got home- BOOM. I could not control myself. I think I am beginning to control myself even when intoxicated though. During my last stretch of 65 days PMO free, I was heavily intoxicated a couple of nights after school had ended, and I did not PMO. Anyway, if you are struggling with PMO, do not dabble with drugs and alcohol, all it does is make things harder to control.
     
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  5. monkotto

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    alcohol is the biggest trigger for me. when i drink two or three cans beer i must watch porn. there is no chance to resist the urge - because of that i also stopped drinking alcohol in the abstinence period.
     
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  6. Mystical•Citra

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    I gave up alcohol before giving up fapping, but I gave up meat before I was able to give up alcohol. I learned how meat makes people crave alcohol. Im not saying to quit eating meat but maybe try taking a small break Friday and Saturday if those are the days you normally drink. I was a big weed smoker and weed was the last thing that I gave up. I stopped august 1st, and I must say that my NoFap experience has been so much easier since quitting weed!
    Its kind of like dominoes haha
    First I gave up dairy to cure an ear infection, it worked so then I gave up meat. That made alcohol a breeze. Next was fapping then sugar and now weed! I feel like a million bucks now with my new life, willpower is stronger than ever and my memory power is finally starting to return, thanks to nofap and quiting weed.
    Im back to dairy but only raw products. Homogenization is so bad!
     
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  7. Solarcoaster

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    now that's strange. for me it's quite the opposite. Alcohol reduces any cravings, and other substances (incl. weed, speed, molly etc) make me completely asexual for days if not weeks. The only substance that increased my libido was wellbutrin, which is actually an antidepressant (even though not a typical one, as it affects the levels of adrenaline and dopamine but not serotonine)
     
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  8. beauty

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    I'm sitting here wondering how on earth giving up dairy has anything to do with an ear infection :p
     
  9. thepersonathome

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    I just stopped smoking weed for the most part. I smoked about once week and ended up getting bored of it.

    I am not gonna lie masturbating while high is physically amazing. So because of that I get really horny. I also get the tingles and as soon as I think about it I get the tingles on my dick and then have huge urges! It's best to avoid it.
    Masturbating while drunk feels shitty. So I don't really get horny. I don't drink too often either.

    Also my replacement, is exercise. The next day or two after smoking weed, I had no motivation to exercise. If I don't exercise I am more likely to want to relaspe. So giving up the weed has been more beneficial to my NoFap experience.
     
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  10. RuslAAn

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    I have successfully quit those drugs. Hardly had any alcohol in three years and got out of a heavy weed addiction. At this moment im about 40 days sober and still having hard time staying asleep thru the night.

    I dont want to tell you how bad those things are and if you want to quit i think you will quit because you want to.

    And to answer in regards to pmo, i think those things definitely mess with one's selfcontrol.
     
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  11. monkotto

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    @ruslaan

    i had a heavy weed addiction 10 years ago. stopping it was one of the best decisions in my life.

    stay strong. dont look back. make very long walks when you have withdrawals.

    now i have to quit alcohol (i am not really addicted to alcohol) and porn - then i can live like a human.

    :cool:
     
  12. itsme!!

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    Weed is the best thing ive ever touched in my life. But the effects are insidious, leave the habit now because it doesn't make your life better. Everyone who uses it gets affected negativley, it definitely hurts the pmo recovery as it makes you so HORNY and it makes the P the M and the O that much better.

    The drink affects your own self esteem, and decision making too ifbyou cant stop altogether then please reel it back. One guy to another if you're serious about improving your life/sticking to any kind of disciplined regime those two things need to be as dar away as possible.

    From an (ex for now) addict
     
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  13. Mystical•Citra

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    Beats me but im telling you the truth, and for the first time in my life after having an ear infection maybe once a year, I was able to get rid of it without antibiotics, just by experimenting with my diet and sure enough it was the dairy. Ice cream I found was a major irritator.
    Also because Homogenization causes all sorts of allergies and other problems, including weakening our immune systems. It also causes all sorts of mucus buildup in our bodies. Now I just drink raw goats milk and im better then ever, and haven't had an infection of any sort since! :)
    Here's a few links if you care to research more.

    http://www.allnaturalmomof4.com/2009/05/got-milk-got-ear-infections.html

    http://www.healthymuslim.com/articl...ociated-with-pasteurized-homogenized-milk.cfm
     
  14. fapadonna

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    Over 10 years ago I stopped heavy use of pot. I smoked a ton of it during shifts in a factory. Then I would go home & fap. Looking back now I see how pathetic I was.
    Having said that in the past few years on occasion I will dabble in a few tokes.
    I don't see much difference between that & a few drinks.
    When it comes to drinking etc, less is more
     
  15. beauty

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    That's good to hear! I'm glad you found a way around your ear infection. Definitely a different approach to the matter that's for sure. Most ear infections do dissipate on their own, but I'm having trouble drawing a correlation between dairy in one's diet and an ear infection... Lactose in tolerant is one matter, but an ear infection?
     
  16. ElFrog

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    I just relapsed, in part due to exhaustion + weed + alcohol. Rarely smoke weed now but will quit althogether, and I am seriously thinking alcohol needs to go too.
     
  17. Mystical•Citra

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    yea for sure there is a correlation, and it is pretty common knowledge in the health world. I learned about it from the lady who owns the health foods store I go to, and have had many conversations with others who know about the correlation since also!
    Im not lactose intolerant at all..
    read those links I poste you will be suprised
     
  18. schnook

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    Yes. Hard to control and hard to be mindful. I often found myseld in PMO totally mindlesy.
     
  19. beauty

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    One must remember that this is the internet, and anyone can create an idea and share it. For that reason the rise of fallacies dealing with personal health also increases. Make an informed, wise decision after researching all angles of the topic, not one or two websites, or even what a lady at a health food store says. After further research into this, dairy products such as milk may cause inflammation of the eustachian tubes, part of the inner ear because it acts as an allergen, however it is more so likely the cause was a virus, bacteria or allergies. But alas you do have a valid point, that diary products can cause ear infections, but it is unlikely.
     
  20. APCIA

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    for me drinking can quickly lead to not just fapping but also to visiting a prostitute - oh noes.
    smoking also makes me very horny and right now I'm finding that it's harder for me to quit smoking weed than it is to quit fapping. I don't normally get weed and smoke it but when I sit with friends that smoke and they pass around a J I find it very very very hard to resist. But I'm working on it anyway
     

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