New to NoFap!

Hi all,

I am a 28 year old male and ive been masturbating and watching porn for around 14 years now. Like most, with the addition of smarphones and high speed internet in my younger years I began masturbating any opportunity i got. This could be as many times as 5 a day or more depending on how bored i was. It was one day recently at work after over hearing a conversation that i thought about the list of times i had the opportunity to have sex and had turned it down due to lack of sexual confidence or lack of desire because i preferred to PMO. That list was very lengthy and it was all because of my inability to gain control of these urges i would get to masturbate. I began thinking ' what if i look back on these years when i am on my death bed and realised i had wasted them all due to the negative effects that PMO has had on my life'. I began to list the negative side effects which included:

- Missing sexual opportunities (with people that arent my right hand haha)
- Lack of motivation to go on dates or pursue any form of relationship (Whether that was sexual or romantic)
- I would miss gatherings with friends because i had no motivation or energy to go and meet them.
- My work ethic was declining rapidly.
-I wanted to be a lone more often because it give me a chance for more PMO
- The porn genres i watched started getting more and more strange
- I began smoking more weed and drinking more alcohol more regularly to combat the feelings of depression.
- I even started smoking cigarettes every day.
- My erection quality is poor when i have sex. And this is something that has had detrimental effects on my confidence and self esteem and is a huge part of me doing all of this.

I knew it was time to change after one of those nights where you drift off into your subconscious and get to start thinking about all those deep and meaningfuls. I knew i needed to tackle this thing head on because i could finally see the chain reaction it was having on all aspects of my life. I considered that single moment in time, that realisation, to have potential to be the turning point of the direction of my life.

I have just recently made the 4 week milestone without smoking cigarettes and am currently on day 4 of my NoFap journey. After reading all the comments and success stories and seeing the support that members were receiving on this site, i knew i had to join and make myself accountable.

After 4 days i can already feel a difference in myself physically and mentally. Im bouncing off the walls at the moment.I cant wait to see where this journey takes me. First goal is to make 7 days and then go from there. But heres to the start of what will hopefully be me completing my first 90 days!

Thanks for your time reading my lengthy intro guys haha