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And I am walking the haloed turf of 90 days, feels good.

Nearly threw it all away last night, first time I've had the urge like that for ages. But here I am, and there I go!

 

Day 4 completed successfully


Problem 1: Porn is More Available than Primitive Sex
Our reward system was not built to handle the current widespread availability of pornography. This is not a flaw of our brain. This is a flaw in our modern environment. The reward system does a good job of getting us to seek out things that make us feel good, but it did not evolve to do a great job of putting on the brakes when we encounter too much of a good thing. Our reward system didn’t evolve to self-limit, because in the primitive world, it never had to limit itself!

The primitive environment our brain evolved in provided all the limits we needed. Sex and food only ever posed a threat to the survival of an individual (or his genes) if there wasn’t enough of it. That’s the reality our limbic systems evolved to handle, and it’s the reality our limbic systems still see.

But we now live in a world where sex and food can pose a threat to survival if we have too much! Our brains have not had a chance to evolve to meet this reality. We have brains wonderfully designed by evolution to handle a world of scarcity, but which find themselves woefully unprepared for a world of abundance.

To frame this in another way which may be more relatable to those not addicted to porn, consider the classic case of a brain prepped for scarcity but stranded in a world of abundance: our cravings for sugars and fats. We find sugar enjoyable because we’re wired to seek out sugar, but in craving sugar our reward systems don’t differentiate between the occasional piece of fruit foraged from the jungle and the massive supply of candy bars found in convenience stores. Our reward system treats all candy bars as those rare pieces of ripe fruit and encourages us to eat as many as we can get our hands on while we can. If an individual’s reward system is able to overcome the other parts of the brain which discourage overeating, that individual is going to end up eating a lot of candy bars!


All the best brothers
Your brother in this struggle

 

Brother can you add me to the list

thank you in advance

 

Are these your words? Chapó. A lot of truth in this

 

Relapsed again. The problem is clear now, its just a matter of addressing it and not letting myself slip, not letting myself justify doing things that are gonna lead to PMO on the notion of "this time will be different, i can bring my ipad into bed and not pull up porn. I'll just read". Its a lie to myself, but i'm thankful i have the self awareness to realize this.

 

One week

 

Day 2 and 3.

 

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WOWWW man, that's fucking great. Let's update it weekly. @Invincible Under The Sun will be proud if he comes back.

 

@Swazzy 1, can we update ourselves the ranks? Or do you want us to tag you to update?

 

Way to go man! I'll be joining you in 9 days