New here! Already did a reboot- here's results

Hey otiumiungo! I'm new here too, so it's nice to see another brother committing to a better lifestyle.

Although I have never personally been able to make it for more than two months just by myself, I'm really gonna work hard to stay above the water with NoFap. I agree with you so much about how nobody acknowledges it. It's incredible how rampant it is among guys everywhere, yet nobody ever talks about it. Maybe that's something that needs to be changed in our society if we're ever gonna make any progress, but idk...

I hope that you continue to find value in this page like I do.

 

Hey otiumiungo,
I am compeltley new here, your was the first post to read on my page and it felt really good to read your experience.
I tried doing a PM for a month and now I am going for a 90 day challenge. I had a few embarrassing moments too which i feel is due to much usage of porn thus I thought to give it a try. I feel your story is totally inspiring and just wanted to say thanks!

Hopefully like you said, i hope i find the right values and can take it to a point where i can start feeling good about myslelf again!

 

Congrats on your first success. If you did it once you can do it again!

 

Glad you found this site! We’re all in this together—different goals, but all here to be better.
Blessings!

 

Hi, Welcome to the forum.
You really take a right step and keep going. There is a bright and glorious life waiting for you.

You could create your own journal on the forum for helping yourself on nofap journey and write down what you experience on the day. This way will have you to have deeper understanding of your strength and weakness. You can write down what you want to share with everyone in the site.
Moreover, I recommend you to read success stories which not only motivate you, but also give you the right direction on the journey. People always say “Experience is the best teacher.” Even it is others’ experience, you still can learn from it.
Here is some information I want to share with you. I believe it will help.

A success story, talking about how he overcome PMO.
A YouTube vid, explaining the science behind addiction.
An article, reading the benefits of nofap.

Let’s stay strong together. ^^
All the best.

 

Hi. Welcome to forum!

Make sure you create a personal journal thread in Reboot Logs section and blog there on a regular basis. As well as just generally be active participant in various forum discussions. I recommend this to everybody new here because 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. On top of that you had great success and I'm sure will repeat it. So sharing is a great opportunity to provide some inspiration to others as well!

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 and triggers. 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!