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Disappointed to have slid back. Here to get back on the horse

Discussion in 'Rebooting in a Relationship' started by anewhope, Aug 25, 2019.

  1. anewhope

    anewhope Fapstronaut

    Nearly a week in to the fresh start and feeling great. Urges minimal. Productivity and mood high. A happy new year indeed!
    ANH
     
  2. anewhope

    anewhope Fapstronaut

    24 hours on and still doing okay, but urges back with a vengence today. So whereas yesterday this felt like a walk in the park, today it is a wade through thigh-high treacle. This may partly be down to my wife having been ill, so we haven't made love for a few days and I am missing her. It may also be that I am now back at work (working from home today) so my mind is searching for distractions and looking at porn seems so much more enticing than poring over spreadsheets.

    But, I have resisted. Well done me!
    Work over for the day so I can do something more interesting to keep me on the straight and narrow.

    ANH
     
  3. anewhope

    anewhope Fapstronaut

    Slipped up. P and M. No O but still a major relapse. To quote the wonderful Hermione: What. An. Idiot.
    Set counter to zero. Slap self around the face. Do better. (Do or not do. There is no try).

    ANH
     
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  4. Sounds weird but I think relapses are part of addiction recovery. Because a relapse makes it very clear what causes the addiction, it affirms the 'why' of it. Write it down, make a plan to change / prevent that situation and try again.
     
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