MO addiction

Why is it that it has become so difficult? Your mind is tricking you into believing that this is not sustainable, that you should give up. But why give up now? If you do, tomorrow you will be back here trying to start from scratch. This is the addict sub personality. You have to be more relentless than him, crazier than him if need be. Take a cold shower, jump on one leg on top of a table, bite a door frame. Do whatever you want to do. Do something absurd if need be, but do not yield to the absurdity of having to start from square one. All these emotions you are feeling are unreal. They are false emotional sensations of the addictive brain. Tell yourself in the mirror that you are going to relapse and why and then talk yourself out of it. There is nothing that should compel you to abandon the good path. Keep up the fight! You have done too much progress to yield now...

 

You need to keep going... I have an MO addiction just like you. I have read your posts on several occasions and find your journey very inspirational on keeping me on the right path. I truly don't want you to fail or any other guy on this site to fail from meeting their goals. MO and PMO has had control of our lives long enough. This is going to be not only a journey but a battle. Probably one of the hardest battles we are going to face because the battle is against ourselves. It is against our minds and our flesh begging us to give into it's desires. But we now know better from the past attempts, failures and defeats that have beat use back into submission to obey the calling of MO. Giving in as we all know will drag us deeper into submission and continue to make us slaves to MO. We all need to work together to bring this BIG LIE of MO is natural and healthy and good for you to light. It is a destructive behavior that is destroying the manhood of men of all age ranges. It is destroying relationships, livelihoods and lives all together. I urge you to keep going and to continue being an inspiration to others. If you do not believe in a higher power I ask you to consider thinking about if God really exists. He can truly help you through this. I will continue to pray for you and others on this site that we are finally freed from the chains and grasp of MO and PMO forever.

Lets Do This!

 

Joe, whatever you are doing... stop it and do something different. If you're inside watching TV get outside and walk. You need to divert yourself from your current lifestyle. Change, change, change dude. Part of addictions are built with routines. I'm wondering if you're falling back into previous routines. Come in turn on the computer. Sit on the couch and think about MO. Whatever those things are, do something completely different... Go to Starbucks, a movie whatever... just deflect!

Hang in there, when you can't take any more.... take a deep breath and just relax - you're not dying, your addiction is.
You have a streak going brother, you can do it! Just tell yourself MO is not an option, I gotta do something else.
Pulling for you! HF

 

I love Eckhart Tolle for moments like this: "What problem do I have, right now?"
It is weirdly deep and revealing because it pulls you 100% in the present...
like you say:

but let's get real: can you hold on right now? Because that is all that matters. Take a breath: I bet this moment right now is just fine and you are really burdened and being worn down by future moments. But future moments do not exist, all you have is now, your mind can worry about his illusory future all it wants and find this worry very burdensome, but Eckhart would call this being unconscious or even insanity because all that ever really exists is the present.
This is so obvious it can seem just silly but I constantly need to remind myself of it... and if I really do it I snap right out of the funk.

 

JoeinMD, don't loss all your hard progress, I know its hard but you've really put a lot of effort on overcoming urges. You just can't look back man you just can't I know I don't want to be p'oing ever again. I know you can do this, I believe in you.

 

I have a urge!

 

Dude, you won the fight. Next battle, you'll be even that much more badass. Fights win battles, battles win the war within.

 

Hell yeah. .

 

Good job @JoeinMD. I'm proud that you didn't give in. I remember on my first day of NoFap and my first thread you gave me good advice and encouragement. You helped me get through strong urges and almost a relapse and I'm glad some of the guys on NoFap were able to help you too. Keep fighting!

 

"you're not dying, your addiction is"

What a quote!

 

You can hang on, its just those addictive pathways are trying to take over you! You will pull through man, remember why you're here!

 

Thanks, man. I'm trying! And so far so good...