So I am a 27 year old male who has been addicted to PMO for the better part of 15 years, and because of my religious convictions I have been fighting it off and on the entire time. Recently, I've gotten serious. More serious than ever before. I read through some amazing books that I feel like have finally given me an deep spiritual and scientific understanding of this problem (Finally Free by Heath Lambert, The Demise of Guys by Philip G. Zimardo and Nikita Duncan, and Your Brain on Porn by Gary Wilson). I have also traded in my smartphone for an old flip phone. I can probably count on one hand the number of times that I've PMO'd in front of my PC in the last 3 years, while the number of times I've PMO'd in the bathroom while staring at images and videos on my smartphone is distressing to say the least. At it's current pace, web/app filtering technology has struggled to keep up with the rise of mobile devices. Filtering software for a desktop computer is much easier to install and keep honest (especially with an accountability partner). That brings me to my third area of growth and attack. I've found a solid accountability partner who holds my passwords and challenges me, not just to abstain from PMO, but to grow. Much of my reading and trading in my smartphone has happened in the past week, and as a result, I'm on one of my best streaks ever. I haven looked at porn or even masturbated in the last 13 days. I feel like I could honestly go the rest of my life without PMO, but I also know that's a pretty naive thought. These forums are full of guys who go 90, 300 days, or more and then relapse. I know that this will be a constant battle in my life, so I guess my question is, how do you protect yourself when you feel invincible? How do you stay on the straight and narrow when that temptation comes around after 5 months on hard mode? Thanks for the advice guys! Never thought I'd learn so much and find this kind of support in an online forum!
