On the edge of relapsing

Well done brother! Staring temptation in the face and overcoming it is extremely tough. Especially when your willpower can be turned against you with lies like 'everyone relapses' and 'the days don't matter.'

In that moment, you have to find something more to give you strength. I'm glad you did! Keep going, you're almost three quarters of the way through your challenge.

You've definitely given me some motivation to be more prepared for those triggers and not become complacent with thinking I can easily overcome the temptations that I know will only get stronger as time goes on.

Keep us updated.

 

Good job. We all need to counteract PMO someway and I think you did it with the push ups. Remember to never go back to PMO. It won't help you. You don't need it. Finding out your triggers are important. If you want an AP let me know. I am looking for one in the month of July.

 

We always have to try and remember that we are the ones who are in control of our own body. It's not the other way around. If I suddenly get a desire to touch myself, then I simply so NO, that's not what I'm going to do today. It's all about choices. I decide. You can have whatever it is you want. What is your hearts desire? I know that one of my hearts desires is to never masturbate again, so that's exactly the kind of life I'm going to lead, a life without masturbation or porn. Why? Because I say so.

You actually almost have to be arrogant and aggressive about it, because the urges are violent and aggressive and will try to trip you up all day long. Show it who's boss and be in control every minute.

 

Way to be pro-active to a trigger. Motivates me to find my own course of action when trigger arises.

 

you guys should read the power of habit. it helps with understanding addiction. Apparently you cant get rid of an addiction, you have to replace the habit with something else as ritual. Ive been using this forum as a way to do that. everytime i get an urge i go here. A little like AA

 

This same thing happens to me too! My mind would say "But if its in a movie, its not porn" so I had to define my own boundaries and as you can see, I had to put it in my signature as well.

 

Keep it up man! My best was 1 year, 3 months. And that's way before I knew about nofap or had any real intention to stop! I'm here because the habit came back in some dark times.