At only 3 days in, I'm realizing how badly I need this reboot.

Until recently, I didn't think that I had a compulsive habit for porn and masturbation. I'd tell myself I just have a high sex drive, no problems here. Nope, there was nothing compulsive about getting off 2-3 times per day, occasionally doing more, despite not actually having a very high sex drive. I'd keep escalating what I needed in order to get off. I started using apps and websites to talk to people, since that became more exciting than porn. Ironically, talking to someone from one of those sites made me decide to hold off from masturbating for a few days. A day into it I was pretty disgusted with myself, realizing that it was difficult to even make it that long, so I decided it would be good for me to make it a week. Things were harder on the second day, so I realized I really needed to change things and decided to make it 30 days. Well, the struggle I'm feeling at the three day marker has been so intense that it's further convinced me that I have a lot of work to do, so I've decided I'm going 90 days.

Like everyone else here, I want to stand up to the compulsive habits I allowed myself to develop. I know it's going to be hard, but I've decided I want to go 90 days exactly because I want it to be hard. I'm only 3 and a half days into my reboot and it's been harder than I'm willing to admit to anyone not on this site, but I like that. The struggle sucks, but standing up to it makes me feel strong. Yeah, I constantly want to get off, and I know I can at any time, but exerting this self-control gives me satisfaction I was never expecting. It's not all pride and good feelings, there's a ton of temptation, but I feel good about my decision to go 90 days.

I have 86.5 days to go, any advice from people who've succeeded in reaching their goals?

 

Thanks, the list you made has a lot of helpful tips on there that I probably wouldn't have come up with on my own.