New(ish) to NoFap

SelfDevelopment2020

New Fapstronaut
Hi guys,

I’ve been aware of NoFap for a while and have tried a few short streaks in the past. I did a 30-day one straight off the bat, before recently abstaining for two weeks.

A short intro to who I am: I have my own writing business and do photography too. I used to watch porn/masturbate every day, but have slowly cut it back to an average of fapping once per week and watching porn around once per month. Now, however, I want to get rid of both completely. Last night I watched a particularly weird video and after doing the deed, I snapped.

Whereas before I had gone in blindly, I have now developed a system to make this work. Cold showers are something I have done for a while, but I’m also going to journal my progress daily (I do this with life normally and it works well in that respect) and cut cheese/sugar out of my life. Every time I eat either of these — and it’s literally only these foods that trigger me — I get the urge to go at myself.

I know that NoFap isn’t a sudden fixer for everything, but it feeds into other areas of life. Each time I’ve had a decent streak (or even just stopped for a week), the benefits to myself are clear. I am happier with life in general, seem to have better results with my business and can complete tasks with more ease. I’m joining this forum because I think that accountability will be useful and also, to kick this pointless activity to the curb once and for all. It’s become especially obvious in recent months that PMO can be a serious drain on life and ultimately, my confidence is much higher when I abstain from it. I hope that I can not only gain inspiration from the community on here, but can also give back and help others who are in a worse position than I am.

Peace
 
Hey, welcome to the NoFap community
: )

It's nice to see you here fighting the good fight alongside us!
First let me go ahead and drop some helpful links for you:
Getting Started Guide / Forum Rules / How to Use the NoFap forums/ Glossary/ NoFap Panic button/
Set up your day counter /
Rebooting Resources/
Accountability groups (new!)/
About NoFap/ Support NoFap

Here is just some advice:
First and foremost please take a careful look at each section in the forum, there may be something(s) you will find to be of big help to you.

Secondly I advise you to be active on your profile(as there a few active people in the profile section). Please start by choosing an avatar and then begin posting frequent status posts to show you're active and needing support/encouragement.
The forum has got a neat little feature that shows freshly posted statuses for all users to see.
People will find your profile and give you support.

There’s a portion of people who love communicating in the profile section..(it should be and is )mostly spportive talk but it doesn't hurt to deviate from supportive conversations. It would be great to have you join in and become part of the team!
We support others in the threads, profile posts, and journals/reboot logs.
Once you receive some support, please be sure and be grateful to the member for the help/support you received and consider giving some in return to anyone you wish.

Thirdly, you should highly consider creating a public journal/reboot log (in the appropriate sectionfor you) to write about your days in depth for us members to follow along on your journey and offer support to you on.

Please start your journal in the correct section and with that, also try your best to post in the correct sections as it is mandatory and would be helpful to the mods who organize the forum. : )

Last but not least: Good luck on your journey here, make sure to really give it a try with all your heart!
 
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