NEW 90 Day Challenge - Start on Sunday 22nd May 2016

Well said Sir, I couldn't agree more. Like you, I've identified the evenings as being a dangerous period for me, so now every night I'll be logging in on this thread to give an update and talk to the other bros on the thread. It's people like you who make me want to achieve this even more, and I know that we will do it, no doubts about it. Breaking the old habits and replacing them with this will help serve as a permanent reminder of your goals, your values, and guys like us who are in the same boat with you the whole way.

As yes, the days of explaining a limp penis to a naked girl on my bed are over. OVER!

 

Hi mate - great to have you with us. No such thing as being late here it's never too late to fix your penis is it!

As someone who has suffered with porn-induced ED my whole life, I can totally relate. I've thrown away countless chances with beautiful girls because I was so afraid and ashamed of my ED. Like I said to the guys above, I won't ever get myself in a scenario with a naked girl sitting on my bed, listening to me explain why I can't get it up for her. Dude, I've fucked my 3/4 of my college years on porn, and all my teen years too. To think that one of these girls could end up being my wife...it's a chance I'm not willing to let slip away.

As for advice, I'd start by recognising the times of day/scenarios where you usually watch porn. For me, I identified late nights, and also times where I'd feel upset (Like losing a video game, having a bad day at the office). So now, I've bookmarked this thread and update it every night, as well as communicating with the other guys on here to share stories and messages of support. We are all in this together, and I want all of us to cross that line in August.

I also recommend setting up an internet filter like K-9 - some people don't need it, but I like to use it as a first line of defence. I don't think it's over the top at all - there's nothing I want more to have successful sex again, so a little bit of PC admin is a tiny sacrifice of time.

Finally, never forget where you've come from. I have often made 50 days, then have successful sex, only to think 'I'm the fucking man, I'm cured', only to trip back into the habit through sheer complacency. And when you trip, it's easy to fall. Never forget your goals, your values, and the people around you here all working towards the same goal.

I'll be here every night giving an update, and I will be making those 90 days, there isn't anything stopping me.

Great to have you with us, please keep us updated on your progress and post your thoughts!

 

Couldn't agree more. I've bookmarked the thread and clicked onto it first thing this morning just to see what's with the guys on here, it puts me in the right mindset. Also, we have more joiners which is so encouraging. I didn't expect to have so many people so quick, it really highlights the severity of the suffering we've all been going through. Keep at it guys, we're never going back to that life again.

 

Hi mate, welcome to the team! I created this challenge the same day I joined, I came here for a purpose and I'm committed to see it through, just like the rest of the guys here.

Great to have you with us - what's your story? What's made you decide to join NoFap?

 

Congrats on making it through the day mate, and you're dead right, we will all be at the end of the finish line. When I get urges, I think to myself 'I'm risking falling back into a life where I'm controlled by my PC, back into a life where I'm rejecting real women for a screen, back into a life where I run the risk of totally throwing away my youth'. You don't get these years back, we're at the prime of our lives now and we only get one shot at it.

If you don't mind me asking, what made you realise porn was a problem?

 

Hi mate - couldn't agree more with you, I do exactly the same thing now. I make a conscious effort to log into this thread either in the morning or before I go to bed to interact with the guys on here, and it keeps me in the right mindset throughout the day. Keep at it, the reward at the end is worth more than anything - freedom from the addiction that's held us down for so many years, a renewed sex drive with real women, and above all a sense of monumental accomplishment that you mastered your own life. We should never have been exposed to porn, and it's up to us to reverse it - we're here to help, all of us. They say true character is how one behaves as if everyone was watching - my parents and girlfriend would be so disappointed in me if they knew I had let pornography control my life for so many years, and continued to do so. Not only that, but I feel I would let you and the rest of the guys down if I relapsed - this fires me on to succeed. I want everything to think 'Shit, if Al can do it, why can't I?'. That's the frame of mind you need to adopt, because other guys will see the success and heights you've reached and it'll spur them on to reach the same. We're in this together.

 

Day 4 - It's looking good. Logging into this thread either in the mornings and the evenings really helps set me in the right mindset. I found the problem that has been causing my relapses was allowing my mind to wander off. I'd go missing for those few vital minutes, and then once the deed was done I'd wake up and think 'what the hell just happenned?'. But now - I can honestly say that reading all your stories and interacting with you as much as I can is really helping me, so I just wanted to say thanks to you guys for joining the thread. Let's keep at it.

 

13:00pm - Just had the first real craving since starting the 90 days. It was like this voice was shouting at me saying 'Just give in and then start again, it's only 4 days in, what's to lose?'. But no, I want to make the full 90 this time. I'm fed up of the same horrible cycle of giving in, feeling awful, promising to start anew and then falling to pieces again. It's the first time I've ever logged a craving into a blog but wow it's so powerful - I can't promise you guys I'm going to do this and then give in myself. I'm here for the whole journey. Craving averted!