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Plan for Recovery - what am I missing?

Discussion in 'Rebooting - Porn Addiction Recovery' started by Carbon Icon, Jul 29, 2019.

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    Carbon Icon Fapstronaut

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    Ok, this will be my second serious attempt to quit P and M for good. I'm working on a plan and would love some feedback.

    The first time around I did a lot of work to understand the causes and processes of my addiction. I have a good understanding of what's going and why. I don't have a good understanding of what I need to do to overcome this. I believe where I failed last time was to not have a sufficient network of people involved in my recovery. I was able to stop doing the work and slowly slide back into the addiction. Also I don't think i ever fully internalized a commitment to the idea of a life without M. It didn't seem feasible and I never really gave up M after the initial streak.

    So... my goal will be/must be to quit M for good. It can't be part of my life because it will lead to F and P. O will only be with my wife.

    How to get there...
    *90 day hard mode (no P M or O) Oct 26th will be 90 days.
    *Find an AP and communicate daily especially during the morning when I'm more likely to fall off the wagon
    *Journal on NoFap daily
    *Attend SA meetings and get a sponsor - not sure if I like the 12 step model (will discuss in another thread) but feel that face to face involvement with real people will be a key to my recovery
    * Maybe see a therapist - can't really afford it - but maybe should find the money as this is a priority
    * Weekly Fanos with my wife
    * Other connection building practices with my wife

    Some concerns
    * I will get lazy and stop doing the work after a period of success
    * I will have small slip ups and lie about it and pretend to myself that I'm on track
    * I won't have enough real life people involved to make accountability more pressing

    What am I missing? How do I make this plan better? How do I build a community of support and accountability?

    Thanks
     
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