How do I know when I'm recovering?

Hey guys, I've been a PMO addict for +13 years and I'd like to finally put a stop to this.. I'm going the "hard" mode: no women, no edging, no porn, no masturbation. nothing. I'm making sure the only time I'm touching my penis is when I take a shower and when I pee.

I've been doing this NoFap thing for 5 days already, feels good and I don't even know how did I get motivated to begin this. Anyway, I'm happy I'm doing it and I hope I'll be able to keep it going for as long as I can.

Now I have a question: how do I know when I'm starting to recover, or when I'll be cured?

I've never had sex before, so I have no idea whether I've got PIED or not. But I certainly don't want to get a woman in bed and find out I can't do nothing, lol.

This is what I've noticed so far (before beginning NoFap):
- I do not have semen leakagesanymore (except if I think of dirty stuff and get really horny), I used to wake up all the time with leakage on my underwear
- I only get boners when PMO'ing, or when I'm thinking of porn
- I can MO really hard without P

Are there any signs that would be showing me that I'm recovering? I'd really like to keep a track on my progress, and I hope I will be cured in a matter of months. What about that? If I'm going the hard mode, do you think I can cure my +13 year addiction and probably PIED in a matter of a few weeks?

Thanks!!

 

Cheers for the message. I have no idea how I even started NoFap, it was just one night when I said "I got to stop this" so I suddenly stopped watching anything and touching myself.

The thought that I'll have a woman one day and I could disappoint her or even make her feel bad (she could think she's ugly or anything and I don't find her sexy enough to have an erection), it's very scary. I don't think any of us wants to stay forever alone reproducing ourselves with the help of hands, haha..

I'm not sure if having a journal would help, I'm looking for like a few signs that are showing recovery. As an example, should I have semen leakage every night? It's more about reaching some sort of "milestones".

 

Hi, thanks for your reply. This isn't anything that could lead to a relapse for me, it's just pure curiosity. I would like to know how non-PIED/non-ED is determined, like if there are any things I can look for to find out whether I'm getting cured or not.

For me it's also some kind of fear. I am very positive and all but I sometimes think that maybe I'll never get cured so I might need some help from a specialist.

Right now, porn seems inappropriate to me. It was a matter of like a day, I thought how everything around us is becoming more and more related to sex and porn (movies, tv shows, games, ads, songs etc), and while we're "having pleasure" with our hands. we're only harming ourselves.

I'm here to stay. 6 days ago was the last time I had ever done that thing in my life. But I'd really like to track my progress in some way .