After 22 months without P and M

Thanks!

I do not want to come back to the old way of living.

One day at a time.

Onward!

 

Day 467 without P & M.

 

Day 468

Here are encouraging and uplifting words from Joni Earecson Tada, disabled person living in pain for many, many years who speaks about the virus and that God is in control of what is going on:
https://www.joniandfriends.org/a-calming-word-during-the-coronavirus/

 

Day 470.

 

Thanks.

470 days without porn and masturbation. Orgasm only in a marriage - with my wife.

 

Yes, I have suffered with PIED - after watching porn and masturbating for around 20 years.
Actually still not fully recovered from it, but over the last months it is much much better.

 

Two times during this 16 months I was on/switched from standard mode (no P & M) to hard mode (no sex/orgasm with my wife too = no P & M & O), each time around 2-3 months. It helped too with PIED.

So some of this 475 days is standard mode (majority) and some hard mode. Only these 2 modes during this 16 months.

 

My mariage has improved a lot, a lot during this time.

 

First signs of imrovement were seen in my case after 1-2 months without P & M.

 

That is a good question. Have been thinking about it. As for God and being a Christian , I would like/and pray to rely on Him on a deeper level, in more things. I know I need Him, I need His help every day, as I am weak, cannot rely on my strenghts (this is pride): "Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall." (Proverbs 16:18)

Without Christ and other peple He placed in my life (also in this forum, Accountability partner) this time without P & M will not be possible. So will pray to grow in obedience to Him and in humility as still I see a lot of pride/selfishness in my heart. Am praying to experience His love deeper and as a consequence share this love with others. So my plan is to pray and rely on Christ more. He is the One who changes me togehter with His written Word, the Bible that I try read daily (sometimes spending even 15-20 minutes per day helps a lot).

Will try to ascribe to the LORD all the glory for what is good in my life.
My wife, children, work, also this time of freedom without P & M are ALL gifts from God.

The other things you mentioned (family and work, also staying pure in the next days, weeks, etc.) to me are the consequence/are result of the relationship with Christ. Spending more time with children will be also a plan for the next months as well as well be more helpful to my wife, bearing in mind this words from Philippians (2:3-4):

"Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others."