keep peeking and edging.

A blocker is probably not the answer. You have to keep trying. The good thing is you know it is stupid. And you can stop. It's just a matter of a bit more effort. Do you really want to do something that you regret and that you know is stupid? What is keeping you from moving ahead? Think about it & get a strategy. You can do it.

 

I agree. You have to remind yourself why you're on the journey in the first place. You've got to want it more than you you want to O. You're in control. Don't beat yourself up about peeking and edging - it's just one bump along the road.

 

A blocking software will help slow down your porn habits, but it's not going to magically cure your porn addiction. I've been an addict for 16 years and thought that a pop up blocker was all that i needed in order to stop my porn addiction. I had a friend install a popup blocker on my laptop, i had some initial success but then when i found a way to watch porn and would go on long binges. I even went as far as canceling my internet from my service provider, but ended up finding places where i can connect to wifi and then go home to binge on porn.

Anyways, in order to get serious about stopping porn, you kind of have to hit a rock bottom. My most recent rock bottom was when i went on a long binge for days and realized how much time i wasted. By saying yes to my urges and porn addiction, i was saying no to self care such as showering, exercise, and furthering my education. After i hit my rock bottom, I spent a lot of time listening and learning from buddhist teachings as well as practical tips on this forum and reddit. Through trial and error i realized that what you do on a daily basis is the foundation for your recovery and stopping your behavior. By incorporating positive habits into your daily routine, sharing your struggles with a accountability partner or joining a weekly accountability group has been very effective for my recovery so far. I had several close calls in the last few days, but i managed to not give in to my dark urges/desires.

 

It may be a strange advice to give saying you should hit a rock bottom but this guy is right. You have to be disgusted by it, hate it, despise that and everything what comes with it. You may be in that stage where you, after a relapse, say it's stupid, regret it, but on the next day already again think "it's not tooo bad" and that you could just "look a small bit"... but once you hit that level of disgust, it hits like a huge reality check. When I lose motivation I read my last Day 0 post and remember why I don't want to do that anymore. I remember how awful I felt, like a bad trip on a drug, and it reminds me why I don't want to relapse anymore

Keep fighting!!

 

Bingo.

 

Your setting yourself up for failure by peeking. You had your fun with porn now its time to be a real man.