The Lord of the Rings Challenge

Heading into day 8. Been good so far. Falling out of my routine a bit which usually signals upcoming danger in the next few days. I'll be traveling tomorrow as well so I'll just need to be extra alert for potential triggers.

 

Checking in on day 1, am an Orc now! Should be pretty busy today with class, the gym, and my Dungeons and Dragons campaign tonight, so we are looking forward to that!

 

Day 85! Last night I had a few beers and met some friends that came to the city but of course, that changed my schedule for today as I didn't wake up at 5 as I did the rest of the week as more sleep was required for the alcohol to pass through the system. I did get the opportunity to see how the spirit gets weaker the day after alcohol ingestion and the need gets stronger, but as most of my habits have already been set in stone and utilized, they had little traction that was quickly disipated.

 

22 days

 

Day 27, trod on!

 

End of day 4, I know I've already wrote today but I feel good and had a great day, so why not.

I totally accept all of your advice and I'll be going back to the sauna only after I have a month of nofap (that would be extra hard because I've never made it a month in my life).

For a long time I've been reading stuff about breaking addiction in general and one thing that came up alot is psychoactive drugs. The idea that it help in putting the addiction in perspective and to go on from that.

So I'm not going to do any drugs at all, but I've always felt like meditation can also give me a transe like feeling. So I'm going to the next best thing and tomorrow I have a one hour session in a float tank (isolation chamber).
I'm kind of nervous/ excited because I've never done meditation of more than 20 minutes, so it's a big step up.

I'm not doing it just for nofap, I've always wanted to try it, but I do hope that it would have a positive impact in my life and that I will be able to find my own true answer to the great question of "why do I am trying to quit".

Anyway, wish me luck, and if anybody here had ever done it, I would love to hear about your experience.

 

@HE^MAN what a man! Please now turn your efforts to helping us, at least for December before you ride into the sunset

 

Vasectomy
I went to the clinic you can eat before the surgery. I waited for a while. It was a group of men waiting with me. It was quite funny, some funny guys there and usually the guys that ended up the procedure were on a good mood and made us feel more comfortable.

They called one after another in no longer than 10 minutes time span.

It was my turn I got into the OR. I exchanged some words with the urologist. He put a local anasthetic between my testicles I didn't feel the needle of the anesthesia. Then he started the surgery I only felt my testicles moving. No pain at all.

Then I went home, I drove to the clinic and also coming back home. I went alone.

I'm seeing the doctor in 7 days. I'll rest this week and do some light work outs these days.

 

Day 7

One full week! Still a while away from my record (42 days), but it’s a great feeling to know that the journey is underway once again.

 

Day 120

4th day of cold shower

 

Day 7

Still a lot of brain fog. Going to go watch a movie with a friend, will probably have a couple beers. Should go okay.

 

Day 4 complete!

I ran today (8 or so miles) for the first time in five days. Ordinarily it's not a great idea for me to leave it that long between runs, but the weather's been too poor so I was swimming instead. In classic fashion, I struggled with a big urge after the run, but I did get through it. At first there was a lot of fear and discouragement in my head, thinking that a fall was inevitable and how terrible I was going to feel about yet another relapse after just a handful of days. That feeling is really what let me push through. It's as though I woke up to myself, realizing that I've overcome really tough challenges before and I could do it again. And it feels great to have said no in that moment.

Self-restraint is important. Today the guys in my hall had a sort of party with Christmas decorations and movies. There was beer and soda pop, but I restricted myself to only drinking water according to the plan I set up for myself a couple months ago. I felt really good about that decision as well.

St. Francis Xavier, pray for us!

 

Day 5 complete.

Accidentally I posted twice on other forum and didn’t post here yesterday

 

6 days

 

Day 292

 

Thanks Bro but tbh It’s not like I’ve just started all of those i.e. I do workout for about 4months (before that light stretching was already before work routine for ~8months), cold showers for ~3months (before that last 3 years I just finished any shower with coldest water setting for like 20secs), struggling with healthy eating and limiting alcohol also for some time (fat around 22% and never drinking alone, still sum ups to ~twice/week). Those remaining two related to getting some skills are also something for which I am trying to invest time for a while (here very slow progress IMO).
I think I have very stable life situation plus loving dreamlike wife which supports me (but certainly does not feel idea of NoFap as I am good with hiding addictions till recently) - to sum up I know that it’s much but thinking that I should be fine, especially that my second addiction - youtube - highly supported PMO as we all know what you will see after some hours of watching algorithm-suggested videos lol.

Funny part-I am throwing this reasoning but yesterday half of the day was party and I broke big chunk of my to-be habits, luckily still strong with NoFap and NoYoutube.

 

As you are writing about it I am assuming that you are also open to idea of discussion and there is question from my side-what was train of thoughts behind doing such drastic step?

I mean easy to notice that you are maintaining semen retention for insane amount of time (no clue at all how that’s possible with frequent intercourses-especially with different partners) and I touched this topic only when my friend was thinking about it as a means to secure having only one child (his wife wanted more)-is it like to have “eternal semen retention” streak?

Not sure if such operation is truly compatible with naturalistic taoist approach and you sound like highly spiritual person.

 

Day 285 no PMO. Yesterday the kids and I had dinner with my dad. He doesn’t hear very well so it was a little frustrating for us both. After dinner the kids and I out out some Christmas decorations and put the lights on the tree. It was a very good night and no urge to use PMO even though my wife was out for the evening. Good day overall!

 

583 days semen retention