So... I knew I had to turn my life around, or I'd be done for. I was a failure at life, at social interactions, at everything. I knew I had to get my addiction to masturbation under control, because it was sucking up every free second I had. Whenever I had free time, I would jerk off, trying to get that little release of pleasure. But that can't go on, can it? I need to get my life back on track, and I need to get better, and there's tons to do. But getting a hold of my addiction to masturbation seems like a good starting point. I knew I had to turn my life around. And that's exactly what I did. Five days ago. Yeah, I know. It seems almost unbelievable. Especially for me, who started masturbating 12 years ago, and has been doing it since, every single day. It's pathetic, I know. And I call myself pathetic for doing this, but till now, I could never shake it off. And now - right now - here I am, 5 days since I last masturbated. And I've read posts on the subreddit about how 90 or 180 days of NoFap is hard, but let me tell you, every day is hard. Even the 5 days I just completed was hard. I've had to keep my mind focused at all times, to be on guard every single second, lest my mind make up excuses, and I fall back into the same routines. The urges are starting to kick, ever since Day 4, and right now, I'm doing my absolute best to make sure that I don't relapse. Every single minute and day of this is hard, but I just hope I make it through, just so I can maybe get better at everything I suck at. This has been a long post, I know. If you're here, thanks for reading this! I look forward to your help in my 100-day challenge, and I hope we can together fight this addiction and help others along the way. - valuepackguy
I will be here to help you mate, you can be sure of that. Welcome to NoFap, I wish you all the best for your journey. YOU WILL SUCCEED. YOU MUST SUCCEED.
Welcome bro! You'll reach 100 days and more, it just requires mental strenght, and you seem it have it . We're here to help you if you need anything
Thanks for your kind words, Deku! It's good to have such a supportive group with me on my NoFap journey.
Thanks for the welcome. The mental strength is good to have, but I'm worried I might run out of it, or get demotivated, or somehow get tricked into giving up, by my mind. I'm sure I might do well with all your support.
Hey, welcome to the NoFap community : ) It's nice to see you here fighting the good fight alongside us! First let me go ahead and drop some helpful links for you: Getting Started Guide / Forum Rules / How to Use the NoFap forums/ Glossary/ NoFap Panic button/ Set up your day counter / Rebooting Resources/ Accountability groups (new!)/ About NoFap/ Support NoFap Here is just some advice: First and foremost please take a careful look at each section in the forum, there may be something(s) you will find to be of big help to you. Secondly I advise you to be active on your profile(as there a few active people in the profile section). Please start by choosing an avatar and then begin posting frequent status posts to show you're active and needing support/encouragement. The forum has got a neat little feature that shows freshly posted statuses for all users to see. People will find your profile and give you support. There’s a portion of people who love communicating in the profile section..(it should be and is )mostly spportive talk but it doesn't hurt to deviate from supportive conversations. It would be great to have you join in and become part of the team! We support others in the threads, profile posts, and journals/reboot logs. Once you receive some support, please be sure and be grateful to the member for the help/support you received and consider giving some in return to anyone you wish. Thirdly, you should highly consider creating a public journal/reboot log (in the appropriate sectionfor you) to write about your days in depth for us members to follow along on your journey and offer support to you on. Please start your journal in the correct section and with that, also try your best to post in the correct sections as it is mandatory and would be helpful to the mods who organize the forum. : ) Last but not least: Good luck on your journey here, make sure to really give it a try with all your heart!
