Archie looking for a new start!

Hello! I'm Archie and I am a 23 y/o male from the US. I actually found this website by accident when I was searching for porn yesterday (must have been a sign). I have been in denial for a while but I admit I've been addicted to porn but mostly addicted to masturbation. This has been going on for a while now (about 5 years since I started college when I was 18 y/o) and I realize how bad of a habitat it has become. Masturbation has been feeling to be something I had to do to get rid of some frustration I had (mostly frustrated at myself for a couple of reasons) and has made me feel to be distant from others, lonely, and irritated. Even watching porn has made me feel like I'm not myself. For about a year, I was very into cuckold porn, which is something I was originally not into. I think it has affected me to a point where I'm questioning about how much I like myself and I see myself more as an observer.

Additionally, I also like to do naughty stuff with women (and sometimes guys) on snapchat and kik but I think the main reason why I was doing that was because I was addicted to masturbation and felt that I need something more than porn sometimes. I've noticed that those kind of relationships don't last long and were pretty toxic on me. Fortunately, I recently deleted all my kik and snapchat accounts from my phone and trying to avoid going back to that habit.

After looking through the forums from other members on this site, I realized that I wasn't the only one having these kinds of problems. I want to improve myself and I believe beating this addiction can greatly help me. I have tried to avoid porn and masturbation a few times before but I never get past like a week without being tempted. I think for my first goal I should try to avoid PMO for two weeks (or up to New Year's Day since the year is almost over) starting from today and see if that helps me. Feel free to DM me or comment any advice you may have that can help me and I'll try to help anyone out the best that I can. Thank you!

 

Thank you for the support!

 

Yeah definitely a sign I couldn't just ignore : P and thank you I appreciate it!

 

Thank you for the support! I'll do updates throughout my reboot.