And So, the Journey Begins... But where to start?

Hi Everyone, It’s high time I shared my story:

(TL;DR at bottom)

A bit of background:

I grew up in a very small town in an upper middle-class family of 5, my parents have always been together, and my siblings and I are good friends. We are a conservative Catholic household. I have many intellectual interests including religion, philosophy, politics, science, and I do quite a bit of reading. I also enjoy the outdoors and physical activity like martial arts, high school football, hiking, etc., and I have a great love for video games, too. Throughout my school years I’ve only had a few good friends, but have been well-liked by people otherwise. I graduated from high school as of June 2017 and, for the moment, am taking college classes online. I have a high self worth, high self esteem, and have never struggled with depression or mental issues, but I did experience an intense feeling of loneliness between the ages of 9-13. I’m in my first relationship (her first as well), which I could only describe as wonderful, loving, and anything I ever could have wanted in another person. We get along famously and trust each other completely. We’ve been together for a little over four years and going strong.

But this the first time I’ve ever spoken about my masturbation and pornography problem.

Early Days:

I began masturbating when I was in the third grade, around 7 -8 years old. I became conscious of what masturbation was in fourth grade when a friend of mine showed me pornography for the first time. At first, I was curious of what I was seeing, mostly disturbed, but interested, regardless. Two years later, I started to look up hardcore pornography on own and masturbate to what was on the screen. For the next seven years, every single day, I would masturbate 4-5 times (many times more), accompanied by pornography 90% of the time. I would masturbate mostly at home, but also in hotels, and friend’s houses. Never in public, though. Since puberty I’ve had an extremely high sex drive, get aroused extremely often, have erections very frequently, and have indulged all kinds of sexual fantasies. I’m a sucker for a woman’s big behind, and am most especially aroused by any thought, depiction, or allusion to oral sex.

Last year:

About a year ago, my girlfriend and I developed a sexual relationship which would only include intense making out, fondling, mutual masturbation, sexting, and oral sex. We’re both religious and our sexual interaction periods seem to occur in a cycle: We get sexual for a while, then we make resolutions to stay away from sexual contact, but then we fall back into it for a while, make another resolution, and so on. At present, we’re in a period of avoiding sexual contact.

Present day: One week ago

I realized that I had a problem when I tried to stop masturbating for a couple of days and it was almost impossible for me to go without orgasming three times a day, at least. While I haven’t watched any porn videos, I still can’t seem to get these women out of my head. They’ve been in my mind for so long that I notice people who look like certain pornstars, I recognize it instantly if someone says a phrase that I’ve heard in a porn scene, and I constanly remember their names and faces.

Deep down, a part of me doesn’t want to stop and still very much enjoys these habits. It’s hard for me to imagine going even one day without masturbation. But I know that porn will only bring me grief and make me a slave to myself.

I’ve turned to NoFap for the following reason:
This long term habit has only gotten more intense, and I need to get out now and reboot before I get even deeper. However, I should note that I think my biggest attachment is to masturbation, and pornography is secondary. I feel like I’d be okay if I never saw any pornography again, but I have trouble seeing myself going completely without masturbation for the rest of my life.
Luckily, I have never gotten to the point where I can’t get an erection, and I’ve never preferred porn over real people.
It’s gotta end now before it’s too late.

I’m not sure exactly where to start the NoFap process, all I know is that it’s absolutley necessary. Thanks for reading my whole story. I desperately need the opinion of someone with experience who can give me advice for where I should start.

TL;DR (Summary)
• Happy Life (good family, friends, gf, etc.)
• Porn and Masturbation since childhood.
• Tried to stop masturbation and porn, but feels impossible.
• Very high sex drive, and extremely attached to Masturbation, but not nearly as attached to porn.
• I don’t yet prefer porn over people, but suspect borderline porn addiction.
•Don’t know if I can give up masturbation for life, but want to give up porn forever.
• Think I need a reboot, but afraid of the challenge.
• Need a good starting point for me on the NoFap journey, plz help.