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Hi. Welcome to forum!

Glad to hear that you decided to journal. It's the major thing that helped me when I was first starting. Just lurking on forums, reading and learning is great. But it usually is so much more powerful to engage. It helps to keep us motivated and accountable when we are active part of community. And keeps this in front of our minds so we don't forget about importance of it and slip away in our old habits. Sharing is also therapeutic. This is a major reason why AA meetings work so good. But that was developed before internet era. These days we can get most of the same benefits online through communities like this. So don't underestimate the power of active participation.

I would also like to suggest you to look into mindfulness meditation. It has helped me personally tremendously to learn how to deal with urges. It takes a while to get good at it and notice results, so you need to be consistent with it, but once you do it's very powerful. It has been used by sages for thousands of years to deal with various issues of the mind. And in recent decades the science is also catching up to what ancient sages have know for centuries. Meditation these days are widely used as very effective tool by psychologists for treating addiction and by neurologists for supporting recovery of the brain. It is a great exercise for the brain the same way as jogging is great exercise for the body. Check out this Ted talk, it gives a good idea of what's it about when it comes to philosophy. As far as practical side of it there is this awesome smartphone app called Headspace for guided meditations to get you started.

Wish you lot's of strength and success in your reboot journey!

 

Welcome here!
One tends to think is the only people with this problem, but there are millions, literally, around the globe, and most of them prefer to think is all right to spend countless hours in front of a monitor and doing things they would be ashamed of in different circumstances.
This addiction is really difficult to beat since is not socially-publicly punished (unless minor age porn, that is another story), and you can do it everywhere, besides the dopamine released makes the "hobby" really addictive

Many people may watch for a while and then go for their next task; we can not do that because this is an addiction, as any other, and one day we realize how difficult is to regain control of our life. That is the reason of this Site to exist.

Is good to have you here and please feel free to write down your feelings and progress; read many posts and try to interact with others. We are friendly and want to help.