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Tapering off vs going cold turkey?

Discussion in 'Rebooting - Porn Addiction Recovery' started by locked boy nyc, Sep 23, 2021.

  1. locked boy nyc

    locked boy nyc Fapstronaut

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    Hi guys,

    It seems like the goal around here is generally to go "cold turkey," and stop PMO entirely at least for 90 days. But I also see lots of posts that say that one setback doesn't erase your progress, and the important thing is to improve and get incrementally better.

    So I'm wondering, would it make sense to make a plan to taper off PMO more slowly? For example saying you can do it once per day for a month, then every other day, then twice per week, once per week, then twice a month, etc.?

    As a former smoker, this is definitely how I quit, although in my case it was strangely not very planned out. I used to smoke about a pack a day, and then slowly as I got busier I just had less time to go out for a smoke break. Finally I realized I was regularly getting through the whole day without a smoke and having my first one after work. At that point it was easy enough to tell myself that I only got two per day, one after work, and one before bed. Then I cut the one before bed. And pretty soon I wasn't a smoker anymore.

    Anyway, what do you guys think? Is it ok to make a plan to quit that still involves PMO a few times a week at first?

    Thanks :)
     
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  2. PeaceOnEarth108

    PeaceOnEarth108 Fapstronaut

  3. E31

    E31 Fapstronaut

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    I started about 4 years ago with the nofap journey and for me it became a habit to go on a longer streak only to then relapse big time because of the build up tension and pleasure and combined those moments with all sorts of drugs and other stuff until I crashed heavily. Since then I've cut out the Porn mainly with all the blockers and softwear I could get and only masturbated whenever I felt the urge to for a few months. Then only once a week and now since a few days on hardmode just because I like the energy and motivation boost it gives me.
    So tapering off without the Porn basically seems to be my way to go, tho I have to say that I never masturbated that much like more than once a day on a regular basis.
     
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