Relapse on day 29 :(

Just keep going ...you got this

 

You've got this only look back at your mistakes if they push you to work harder

My success story may help its called "i think i cracked the code"

 

Thanks for sharing , don’t beat yourself up. I have had 18 years or so of struggle with porn. Here is what I have learned:

I relapsed twice after 6 months Or so being porn free. I’m currently a year or so free from that relapse. Although in this year, I had 2 near relapses and straddled the line and looked and tempted myself more than I should have.

I have a wife and kids and I had to tell her and she has helped. Along with a few friends opened up too. It lifted a huge weight off.

I have learned a lot in my struggle with porn. One, is what triggers me. A lot on the internet and tv triggered me(seeing beautiful women). I believe my last relapse was super bowl halftime show, I didn’t relapse that night, but like a week or two after it, but those images stayed with me and I kept wanting more, even after 6 months. The relapse before was seeing on ESPN website the athletes body magazine and got curious which athletes made it and had beautiful woman. Had zero intention of doing porn, but those were triggers.

I also researched And watched videos of the science behind it all and it releases dopamine In your brain and scary how the addiction can become when I thought I could control it.

the ways I feel like I have conquered it for good was that I had my wife put in an adult filter password that I don’t know what it is(it could be a friend if not married). It’s my backup plan when having a bad day and can’t see the adult sites. I also don’t watch shows that could trigger me and try to turn my head if I think a scene is coming. More importantly though, I have really grown in my faith with God. I have listened to so many sermons on temptations and that has helped me tremendously. Rick Warren and Greg Laurie are 2 of my favorites and have helped me a ton!! I learned about all the garbage I was putting in my mind. The analogy was how we have to watch what we eat, we can’t eat McDonald’s fried food every meal without bad consequences, the same thing applies with what you consistently put in your mind. We are trying to undo years and years of bad addictions and it takes time to undo that.
“Above Inspiration” YouTube videos are great too. Give them a listen, it’s usually 10-20 min long.

Hopefully this helps and try and learn as much as possible and avoid whatever gets you tempted and triggered. M make it a lifestyle change and don’t beat yourself up if you have a relapse. Just learn from it and keep trying to do better. Porn free radio podcast by Matt Dobschuetz
I also told myself , I would help as many people possible struggling with this as I could once when I got it under control.

Learn as much as you can and it is beatable. I’m glad you guys are seeing a therapist and work on what you put into your mind. Put great things in your mind. I hope this helps and keeps us updated.

 

wel semen rention + dopamine detox + no pmo hard mode is tha way. TRy to kill all ur triggers like social media, tv etc.

 

I would recommend the same. What worked for me was dropping everything internet related and others that may trigger you except for communication and research.

What happened was we moved to a farm and there was no electricity so we had to use our phones sparingly only getting charge once in awhile.

I recommend you do that too drop everything except communication and research. And then find a plan to deal with the cravings. My plan was cold showers. It worked really well. You just gotta jump in and let the cold water hit you for awhile then get out. It should help

I would only not recommend cold showers if you have some underlying health problem that may get worse because of cold showers.

But there are many many benefits of cold showers that you can research on.

Also mind you you need to find alternatives to fill the void. You can't just give up something that big without there being a hole in your life.

Fill it with useful activities that will improve yourself. Just try this for 3 months and see if it helps

 

Did you watched porn in these 29 days? Welcome.