A Progressive Challenge-A different kind of challenge- all levels

Encouragement for all of you!
We've got several great streaks going right now and several guys with an increasing number of short streaks. This is all good news. Dumping PMO is damned difficult and as many of you have discovered, it takes practice.

It's kind of like those early Mario games, where you'd get just so far and have to start over. But each time, you started over with new knowledge about what was ahead and how you might beat it. Then finally, you'd win level 1 and head to level 2 and that would take many tries but you would finally figure it out.

So be patient. Keep trying and use your relapses to build your knowledge and skills. Very few guys win this in just a few tries. Don't ever feel like you can't do it because you keep failing. Learn from it and keep working at it. Many guys don't get to a long streak until they've had 6 to 12 months of shorter streaks. The way to win this is just don't be a quitter. Use the crappy feeling you get from a relapse to push yourself more. Take advantage of flatlines. Take care of things in your life so that you won't have so much anxiety over the controllable stuff.

Finally, the big secret: positivity. Most of the guys who experience their first long streak do it by keeping things positive in their moods, lives and relationships.

Live life like it's the great and precious gift that it is. Use your time like it's a great and precious gift. Your life IS your time and your time IS your life. Make it count.

 

Ready for the big leap to 91?

 

Closing in on half a year, yes, and even though that's still 30 days from completion, a period of 30 days seems short now. 30 days seemed impossible back in October when I started. When I'm doing life things, nowadays, it almost never occurs to me to pmo anymore. What a wonderful difference.

All that said, I have watched others fail at this stage, sometimes very publicly on youTube. I also would rather play it safe than sorry and consider myself always a recovering addict to pmo and never consider myself cured. This is a word to the wise.

I'm so proud of the progress everyone has made here. I'm proud of the positive little family we've made here. It's so rewarding to see guys persevere and keep trying no matter how difficult just 3 days can be. So great to see them mature and change. I feel so thankful and humble for the kind things guys have said about me and this thread. After my long addiction, I don't feel I deserve it. I just want to help others avoid my mistakes. Once I complete a full 6 months, I will gradually pull away from the site and begin to fully live my new life free of pmo for whatever number of years are left to me.

Thanks for asking, Single Change Palm!