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Discussion in 'New to NoFap' started by Introspective Wanderer, Oct 12, 2020.

  1. Introspective Wanderer

    Introspective Wanderer New Fapstronaut

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    Hey all, anonymous newbie here. This intro might seem long and meandering. Despite the pain and the joys in this story it is far from a complete telling of my life's tribulations. Not asking for any pity at all; I just needed some perspective even if that was me simply typing something out for the rest of the world to read...

    How did I arrive here?

    I've known about the site or movement for at least a year and a half, first from an organization I'm part of and then from a coworker. My information of this site and specifics of the movement are quite nascent however.

    I am going through a rough patch in life but God gives us nothing we can't handle. Some of the best advice I have ever been given was from my father many years ago: "You have to get up with the get-ups and get down with the get-downs." Those words have helped me to keep the season-like extreme highs and extreme lows in perspective. When life is as good as it can get then I must prepare for it to become tragic. When life is suffering then I must remind myself that I will climb that mountain again.

    My family history going back all the generations that I know is filled to the brim with suicide and addiction. I am certainly of my ancestors' lineage.

    I am currently in a "get down" cycle of my life, the accumulation and continuance of several different choices and consequences. I felt the surge of this cycle beginning in May 2018. From then until now I have had some victories, including ones that I am continuing to build upon, but I have also descended lower into this "get down" and I doubt that I have yet reached this cycle's floor yet.

    Something that began before my current "get down" and has not yet resided has been a cocaine addiction. I have experimented heavily with and have also consistently abused many drugs going back to my very early teen years.

    Recently I was given a large amount of pure methamphetamine - at no obligation but of course at much risk. I have been using it everyday (snorting) for over a week now. I realize now that the highs and the withdraws seem as frequent and extreme as the highs and lows of my own life so far...

    When I was very young and before I ever knew of porn I was molested in a homosexual manner. This caused for me HOCD and led me to think that I would be dammed in hell. I responded in turn by suppressing this memory until I was 20.

    I have had many girlfriends throughout life and I had dated two transwomen before. I had had homosexual encounters with three different peers in high school, one of which I loved more than I had ever loved anyone before or since in my life, and he would say the same thing about me. I realized that man was truly my one and only soulmate in life - I mean my true soulmate. I've never bothered to explain to anyone what a soulmate is and I can't put it into words other than to say that term is simply a literal meaning of the two words it's comprised of. Unfortunately, he died unexpectedly over 7 years ago and it wasn't until I went through the grieving process of his death that I realized him and I had always been soulmates. We'll continue to be soulmates, forever, and I know that he knew this before he died and that he still knows this even now after his death.

    Typing out what I just did left me sobbing, something that I haven't done in a long time, let alone spill a tear.
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    It also really just put A LOT of things into perspective for me.
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    Continuing...

    Almost four years ago I married a beautiful transwoman - someone who was beautiful on the outside without having taken any hormones or having had any surgeries. We met online and after five months of talking and video chatting everyday, I traveled literally to the other side of the earth to meet her.

    She was a genuine person and I could see that. This was only three years after my soulmate had passed but she was suffering terrible loss too: her grandmother (the person who raised her) along with her father both died right before I arrived and one right after the other. I will always remember my last night with her before I flew home - we went out together and ate pizza at a restaurant. We sat across from one another and looking at one another I saw such a true sadness creep over her face. I went over to sit next to her and I hugged her while she cried; she was worried that I would never come back and that'd be the last time she saw me.

    I came back a few months later and proposed to her with my great grandmother's ring which my father gave me. I will cut everything short to tell another day, but unfortunately our marriage collapsed and we had a dissolution that was signed last year. It was a repeating feedback loop or cycle (what's it called?) of cocaine and porn/masturbation that I ran a treadmill on which drove her to leave me. I also reached the peak of my video game addiction as well - thankfully I saw what a waste of time this hobby was last October and I sold all my video games and consoles except for my really old stuff from my childhood. I occasionally will pop in a game to play for a couple hours once a month, either by myself or with a friend, and that's it.

    Did I mention I also got really fat after marriage too? Of course as soon as I sold my video games I started losing much of the weight I had packed on.

    Anyway, I signed up here because I had ended up here a few days ago and I was reading people's reboot stories and saw so much HOCD and thought that maybe on occasion I could give them my two cents as a bisexual man since I saw a lot from straights and some from gays and even a transwoman, but nothing from anyone who identified as bisexual.

    I realized I need help too. If nothing else please offer your help as a prayer for my soul.

    And thank you to anyone who read this far; I love you and it really means so much more to me than you'll ever know.
     
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  2. runner0424

    runner0424 Fapstronaut

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    here is my story and tips I have learned. Maybe it will help

    I relapsed twice after 6 months Or so when I thought I had it beat. I’m currently 8months 3 days free from that relapse. It had been A struggle for 17 years in my life. I’m also married with 3 kids.

    I have learned a lot in my struggle with porn. One, is what triggers me. A lot on the internet and tv triggered me(seeing beautiful women). I believe my last relapse was super bowl halftime show, I didn’t relapse that night, but like a week or two after it, but those images stayed with me and I kept wanting more, even after 6 months.

    I also researched And watched videos of the science behind it all and it releases dopamine In your brain and scary how the addiction get you when I thought I could control it.

    the ways I feel like I have conquered it for good was that I had my wife put in an adult filter password that I don’t know what it is(it could be a friend if you are not married). It’s my backup plan when having a bad day and can’t see the adult sites. I also don’t watch shows that could trigger me and try to turn my head if I think a scene is coming. More importantly though, I have really grown in my faith with God. I have listened to so many sermons on temptations and that has helped me tremendously. Rick Warren and Greg Laurie are 2 of my favorites and have helped me a ton!! I learned about all the garbage I was putting in my mind. The analogy was how we have to watch what we eat, we can’t eat McDonald’s fried food every meal without bad consequences, the same thing applies with what you consistently put in your mind. We are trying to undo years and years of bad addictions and it takes time to undo that.
    “Above Inspiration” YouTube videos are great too. Give them a listen, it’s usually 10-20 min long. A good quote I heard on sermon, “ a warrior might not win every battle, but they never stop fighting.”

    Hopefully this helps and try and learn as much as possible and avoid whatever gets you tempted and triggered. make it a lifestyle change and don’t beat yourself up if you have a relapse. Just learn from it and keep trying to do better. Porn free radio podcast by Matt Dobschuetz
    I also told myself , I would help as many people possible struggling with this as I could once when I got it under control.
     

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