Do porn blockers work?

If you can't control yourself to look at porn , it is helpful to have porn blockers

I don't know if you use Android or not , i use k9

 

No, if u need the porn to much u can easily desable them.
Only ur will power helps

 

Right, thats what I mean and also some will power is needed

 

I still use an old flip-phone, so no issues there for me. But I use K9 on my computer, and I like it - I think it's a practical tool to use. However, it really only helps to block accidental triggers. If you decide you're going to PMO, then it's trivial to find away around it. In fact, when I was binging the worst a couple years ago, the disabling of my porn blocker ironically became part of the thrill. Pretty screwed up huh?

Willpower is also not the sole answer imho. We're human. Maintaining willpower 24/7 indefinitely is a tall order. I read somewhere that most New Year's resolutions are broken by Jan. 11 lol.

So what to do? Well I think the answer lies in true change. Within yourself. I think this happens when the pain of porn addiction drives you dig deep, and find a new, more positive way of thinking, of acting, of just being in your own body. You slowly reject a former pattern, and replace it with a real, organically growing belief system that no longer needs, or even wants the porn. You're reaching for something else in life, a better you, a happier you, a more fulfilled you - and you don't need that junk holding you back any more so you just start letting it go from your existence until it recedes into nothingness.

I think of Sam from the old show Cheers, who was an alcoholic, who worked in a bar. Seems crazy at first till you realize he'd already done his inner work. Didn't matter if he was in a bar, or a church, or at home, or in a frigging hot air balloon - deep inside himself he'd let go of that attachment to alcohol and he was at peace.

For me this kind of core inner change is what I'm striving to achieve, since I believe that is the path to true, sustained liberation. That said, I think it makes good sense to use whatever tools/strategies are helpful along the way.

 

I'm looking to add a blocker on my mac/ipad/iphone as an additional speed bump for urges. I got K9 on my mac to start, as a number of people mention it here. But somehow it doesn't block websites even after I add them to the "never allow" list. Lots of glitches in configuring. Have you ever encountered this?

 

It is a little glitchy, I think they don't update it much since it's freeware now. I've not had too many problems, but haven't tried it on a mac. The never allow list seems to work well for me if I just add the top-level domain in simple form, e.g. just ... xyz.com. The other setting you should make sure is checked is 'Filter Secure Traffic'. The most annoying thing for me is sometimes it can't connect to the server.

 

the only blocker you should have is AdBlocker

 

I think they do help, but you have to have the right mindset. You have to realize when that filter pops up, you have a second chance to say no. Give the account to someone else and let them set the password so you can't disable it.
Try covenant eyes. It does cost money, but it helps. A porn blocker just slows you down. An accountability filter makes you think first, because your partner is going to see what you did. Also try OpenDNS on your router. It'll catch things you may not think about, and can't be easily disabled.

 

Thank you, I've been trying to research this on my own and haven't arrived at the solution. I do like the idea of accountability, it's worked wonders for me in the past with unrelated matters.

 

Once I installed pornblocker plugin on Firefox and it was kinda retarded. It would block each page if “porn” word detected, so obviously pornhub was being blocked, but some sites of this forum were blocked either. On the other hand redtube wouldn’t be blocked lol