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THE 100 DAY SPARTAN CHALLENGE (OPEN)

Discussion in 'Events & Challenges' started by Kratos_GOW, Jun 13, 2019.

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Sep 2, 2019 #1481

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https://www.nofap.com/forum/index.php?threads/108-days-hard-mode-my-secret.246303/
Here my friends for anyone who want, hope it is useful

Forgot before
Daily check day 80

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Back to 0 in 3 days

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@Kratos_GOW Should i start from day 0 now then? I would need your permission if i can use the spartan general name but if its against the rules it's ok.

Anyway about my experience, what helped me is that, after 20 days, i decided to leave the internet for a couple of days, everything that was distracting me, i went to see a psychologist and she helped with my thoughts and i was taking meds to help my anxiety, during the process i got a job and i started to go to college, so i had no time to screw around the house nor to think about pmo, thing is... time flies and when i see it i reached 90 days, i'm more confident and overall i feel more energetic, but i do feel that there is a long way to go yet, i'm setting monk mode till the end of the year. The thing is, after 2 years of trying, if i made it, anybody can make it. The key is persistence.

Stay strong you all!

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Sep 3, 2019 #1486

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2/100

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Sep 3, 2019 #1487

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Check in, day 30, I'm gonna reach my first try, and this time I will overcome it and reach the 100 days

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Invincible Under The Sun said: ↑

@Kratos_GOW Should i start from day 0 now then? I would need your permission if i can use the spartan general name but if its against the rules it's ok.

Anyway about my experience, what helped me is that, after 20 days, i decided to leave the internet for a couple of days, everything that was distracting me, i went to see a psychologist and she helped with my thoughts and i was taking meds to help my anxiety, during the process i got a job and i started to go to college, so i had no time to screw around the house nor to think about pmo, thing is... time flies and when i see it i reached 90 days, i'm more confident and overall i feel more energetic, but i do feel that there is a long way to go yet, i'm setting monk mode till the end of the year. The thing is, after 2 years of trying, if i made it, anybody can make it. The key is persistence.

Stay strong you all!
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I think you should start again, it will help meaning your foundations strong and another reason to increase your streak.

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Day 81 checking

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Fenix Rising said: ↑

First some background: I've had binge MO dependency for 25 years and binge PMO addiction for 17 years. I've been trying to quit for at least 15 years but been more serious about it for the last 3 years. My addiction was the worst kind, it progressed over the years to more and more extreme material until hours long daily binges became my new normal. I developed major depression, social/general anxiety leading to social isolation and severe PIED. I've had some unresolved underlying issues to begin with but self-medicating it with (P)MO made symptoms 100 % worse over time.

When I truly decided that enough was enough?

When PMO couldn't "help" me relieve my anxiety/depression symptoms anymore and my body couldn't take even more physical abuse. I did complete few 90 days and shorter hardmode challenges previous to that, but always fall back into binge PMO rabbit hole soon after.

What has changed this time around?

After a family death, divorce and job lose I realized, I can't go on like this or I'll kill myself in the end so I decided to start my first monk mode in 2017/2018. I thought abstention will do the trick. All I have to do is rewire my brain and I'll be OK. Boy, was I wrong… I lasted 6 months until buildup stress/anxiety and depression broke me. I had a full blown relapse lasting for 4 months of escalating daily binge sessions and needed additional 4 months to get back on track with my recovery. I realized just abstention won't cut it. Luckily I came across the work of Dr. Stephen Ilardi's: 6-Step Program to Beat Depression Without Drugs, contacted him and started to implement the program in my daily life. http://tlc.ku.edu/elements

Basic steps of this program are:

1. Physical Activity (Exercise)
2. Omega-3 Fatty Acids
3. Sunlight
4. Healthy Sleep
5. Anti-Ruminative Activity
6. Social Connection

This made all the difference in the World. It was not a magic bullet but in a few moths time of following the program and celibacy I was slowly getting better. I still had some episodes of severe anxiety and depression but the inner stress/anxiety didn't build up like in previous attempts to quit. The next big discovery were YT channels of Ryan Donnelly and Tim Johnson. A former long term drug/alcohol addicts now helping other people with dependencies to break free. Their advices are pure gold.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtfp3LTdFMoFP8sqNiT1sMQ
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZWNH10D7ztlDASSApHTzZg
I also learned neuroscience behind addiction, mainly from prof. dr. Marc Lewis. You have to know your enemy, if you want to beat it. I hearty recommend reading his book The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction Is Not a Disease.

I learned that you need to have holistic approach if you want to break free. Addiction is a symptom of living life off balance. Addiction tries to numb the pain and fill our inner void. That's why a former addict has to completely change his life. We basically have to learn how to bring ''balance'' back in our lives. If one just abstains from active addiction, he/she will soon relapse or develop cross addiction to help him/her with buildup pain and emptiness. That's why beating addiction is so hard.

Now here are some ways how to bring balance back to our lives:

I can't go into more details here, but there is lots of in depth advice in my journal:
https://www.nofap.com/forum/index.php?threads/hopeless-case-searching-for-hope.187822/page-22

How do I feel after 8 months of monk mode?

It has not been an easy ride, especially for the first 5-6 months, but for the last two months progress has been enormous.
1) More than a decade long depression has lifted
2) Social and general anxiety are getting better and better. I'm more calm and my thoughts have become less negative. I'm not half empty glass kind of guy anymore
3) I'm physically much fitter then 8 months ago
4) My allergies have subdued
5) PIED is probably cured as I'm getting regular boners in the morning and even during the day
6) My self-esteem is getting better
7) I'm slowly becoming more social. Still not as much as I used to be, but at least I'm not turning down invitations to social events anymore and I've started actively seek company
8) Women flirt with me everywhere I go. I don't know why, maybe adopting healthier life style makes the difference, who knows.
9) Cravings to view pornography are completely gone. I do get some flashbacks now and then but I learned to observe my thoughts and not act on them

I apologize for the long post. I hope it helps someone find a way out of addiction nightmare.
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Check this out. I am going to keep adding these.

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Kratos_GOW said: ↑

Check this out. I am going to keep adding these.
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thanks for sharing, that's always inspiring. Monk mode seems to help a lot.
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day 31st, checking-in. Maybe the key is in the "free time", but sometimes when you are busy you would rather watch porn and jerk off instead do something more productive. Maybe we are looking for answers, but made the wrong question, maybe we are trying to jump steps that are important to walk. First, we should make the right questions and then we will able to find those important answers that we can't see in the daily routine.

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and I wanna know something. How can I link the challenge in my signature? thanks

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Sep 4, 2019 #1495

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0\100 again - gonna make it to the top this time!!!

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Guys relapsed again after 12 days.. :-( looked porn and after masturbated twice! It is a big fail to me. Day 0

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