My 30 day journey of no porn

That's rough. I have a pretty aggressive work schedule, too, so I know how that is. Don't forget the truth that PMO will never help you rest or relax; it only makes stress worse. We have to find productive, healthy ways to de-stress and rest. PMO can never be part of that picture.

 

Sorry to hear this. I was rooting for you. I will pray for your success.

 

Day No. 21 NoFap. And going strong. Starting my fourth week and I’m enjoying the extra time learning to play the piano

 

I found success by breaking my goals into minutes rather than hours or days. When I began my current reboot and I sensed temptation, I first made small promises to God to remain chaste for 10 min/15/30min. With that promise, I asked for His grace to fulfill each promise. Intense, heartfelt prayer, much more than merely reciting some words. During those periods when I knew my strength was weak, I also put my device out of convenient reach because I realized that often my failure was the result of a brief impulse.
The man who pointed out this method to me, showed me that small promises with intense prayer are the key and prayer must be kept up for as long as the temptation remains. Twenty seconds of prayer is generally not enough.
Our Precious Lord waited patiently for 5 decades for me to embrace the ways and means to quit this insidious sin. I am still amazed at the number of years I held myself at arms length from God by frequent commission of this sin. However, it is even more amazing to consider the divine unconditional love and mercy the Father has shown me.

 

EXCELLENT!!!!! The Lord gives grace to those who resist temptation. I was inspired today when reading Chapter 2 of Ecclesiasticus (Knox). I hope it is encouraging to you too.

 

Reading this post I felt inspired to include my retention practice in my prayers. As a christian who only recently started taking his faith seriously, and sincerely living with God every day, in every situation, this helped.
I always felt my porn addiction is something so disgusting and vile that I felt embarrassed to include it in my prayers, and confess my problems to Him, instead I just asked for strength and wisdom in general. But this is just avoiding my own addiction before God.

Thank you for inspiring me brother, going forward I will take my sinful desires to God and also make thes small dedications of 30m/1hour/1day etc. As a renewed Christian, I need forums like these to find and share inspiring posts like these.

May God bless you all

 

I feel like if I set short goals it will just give me an excuse to fail. But maybe I should have failed last night because today I am irritable and annoyed. So be it! I have already gone for lengthy periods of time without PMO, it does not help, other than to make the actvity more enjoyable when I do give in, so I am out for the final push to be done with it, or to just accept it as part of my life (guilt and all) maybe. I feel just as guilty today anyway for having experienced the arousal. If I would have just given in perhaps I could stop thinking about my body and genitals wanting to be touched and get on with other things I need to do. I am not even fanatsizing or feeling aroused, it is just that my body wants to be touched. Touched by the hand of God is what I need to get through this day. Amen.

 

Good for you! One more day to your next goal. Trust the Holy Spirit to guide you through.

 

Temptation comes and goes. We do not control that.
We can get irritated. We do not need PMO to help us deal with it.
We can enjoy reasonably happy lives without PMO. This is a true statement.

 

One day at a time. Onward!

 

Same as me! Went 3 years without porn.
One bad decision, and 5 years of darkness fell upon me.

2021 will be the year of restoration for us.