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Day 38 hard mode.

Yesterday was significantly easier. I used to believe on those days of lots of temptations that it would never get better. That the temptations would keep coming forever, so I caved believing it was impossible to stop. I wish I would have known they come in bouts, and that I would feel so much better if I could say no. That the following day would be easier. I guess I know now. I seam to have come totally out of the bubble. No strong temptations this morning. Feeling calm this morning.

I find myself still struggling with motivation. I know a lot of guys talk about nofap and motivation. I don’t seam to be motivated to get things done yet. That’s ok though. I have been at this a long time and it was very severe. It will probably take a long time for my dopamine receptors to heal. Might still just be really tired from the ridiculous work shift I had to endure. I will be patient. I need to rid myself of some other habits. I am going to wait until I have 90 days. Unless I fall. I need to stop spending so much time on social media and screens. I am addicted to screens. I need to stop sugar intake. Pop is terrible.

I have not talked about this. I quit drinking too. About a month before this streak started. I still have bouts with that too. Breaking two habits of that magnitude at a time is enough.
 
Anew2019 said:
Day 38 hard mode.

Yesterday was significantly easier. I used to believe on those days of lots of temptations that it would never get better. That the temptations would keep coming forever, so I caved believing it was impossible to stop. I wish I would have known they come in bouts, and that I would feel so much better if I could say no. That the following day would be easier. I guess I know now. I seam to have come totally out of the bubble. No strong temptations this morning. Feeling calm this morning.

I find myself still struggling with motivation. I know a lot of guys talk about nofap and motivation. I don’t seam to be motivated to get things done yet. That’s ok though. I have been at this a long time and it was very severe. It will probably take a long time for my dopamine receptors to heal. Might still just be really tired from the ridiculous work shift I had to endure. I will be patient. I need to rid myself of some other habits. I am going to wait until I have 90 days. Unless I fall. I need to stop spending so much time on social media and screens. I am addicted to screens. I need to stop sugar intake. Pop is terrible.

I have not talked about this. I quit drinking too. About a month before this streak started. I still have bouts with that too. Breaking two habits of that magnitude at a time is enough.
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I really feel that porn stars are the real criminals to our society. The real murderers ends the person's life rapidly, but these criminals do not end our life, rather, they kill our heart, murder our brain, steal our emotions, fills our brain full of negativity and depression, and they are not only limited to us but our family too suffer as the person's behaviour becomes more aggressive and he therefore abuses his family members. That's way more painful and unbearable torture than rapidly ending someone's life. Atleast to himself. I really wish one day... we all unite together and force the multi billion dollar industry to be black listed by our government, yea its childish thought, but I literally dream(childish talk ahead, sorry for that but yeah... just a communication) that I snap my finger and every porn star dies at one go, that would be so much good for the earth... yeah just trying to communicate I know there's no use for you from this message but at least my heart thought is emptied here :)
 
Checking in Fellowship!

Much better day today, i'm more responsable and doing my good behaviours to the point. The result: i'm happier, lighter and stronger :)

Yesterday night i flirt a bit with my wife (since during the day its hard to have privacy in my in'laws house) but refrain myself to carry it further to sex level.

Funny coincidence. yesterday was day 43, and the last hardmode streak that i broke was at day 41. Maybe around that period my brain gets a bit more excited and loose. don't know, what i do know is that i want to continue monk mode until 90 days :emoji_muscle:

Nothing more to add Fellowship! Have a great day!! Checking out.
 
ARCEUS said:
I really feel that porn stars are the real criminals to our society. The real murderers ends the person's life rapidly, but these criminals do not end our life, rather, they kill our heart, murder our brain, steal our emotions, fills our brain full of negativity and depression, and they are not only limited to us but our family too suffer as the person's behaviour becomes more aggressive and he therefore abuses his family members. That's way more painful and unbearable torture than rapidly ending someone's life. Atleast to himself. I really wish one day... we all unite together and force the multi billion dollar industry to be black listed by our government, yea its childish thought, but I literally dream(childish talk ahead, sorry for that but yeah... just a communication) that I snap my finger and every porn star dies at one go, that would be so much good for the earth... yeah just trying to communicate I know there's no use for you from this message but at least my heart thought is emptied here :)
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Yeah. It’s frustrating. I don’t think many of the porn stars are to blame though. I have heard stories of how producers coerce women into porn. Telling girls they are a modelling agency, fly them out. When girls find out what it is and refuse they don’t fly them back until they do the shoot. They use abuse tactics to keep porn stars in. Some stay by their own I am sure.

I am also to blame. I have used porn. This industry would not exist if men like me did not watch it.

I understand your frustration but resentment will not help you one bit my friend. It is our enemy. . The industry exists. It is not going away any time soon. The best thing we can do is become sober. Then maybe we can do something about the industry. All we can do is grow and move past it. Then pass on the wisdom to others who want to quit. It’s not easy, but that’s a good thing. Comfort and ease do not make great men. Blessings to you my friend.
 
almost a week free of porn.
I feel bad for not posting, but the weekend was fun and I just didn't have a lot of time. but I need to post a prioritize the reboot more if I want to make it all the way.
tomorrow I have my second sexaholics anonymous meeting, it is still one of the scariest things I think I've ever done. but I made it to a whole week, so it's doing something.
I hope you all have a great start to the week brothers. we can do it.
 
Redemptionisrequired said:
Checking in Fellowship Friends!

40 Days Free of PMO.

The thought of loneliness creeps into my mind. I suppose the past couple of days of being alone brought that forward. I tangled with it a bit, as I do not want to be dependant on others to feel whole. I was suppose the uncertainty and anxiety of being alone triggered a lot of "what ifs" and I don't mean PMO here. I look towards our fellowship, towards stoicism and meditation practice.

In these times, it's important to keep ourselves busy in action. So with that being said, I tackle another day of making the days count. I am adamant on growing during this period alone. I will certainly not given in to any temptation of PMO.

Stay strong!

@Ready to Stop It's great that you are analyzing what happened. Do your best not to fall back in to a relapse/shame cycle. It will not make your condition any better.

@HE^MAN It's been a long time brother, how are things? Any improvements ? Glad to see you keeping to your streak.

40 days – In the bridge of Khazad Dûm a strong battle is fought against PMO.
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Yes ,a lot of improvements.
Still going on.
 
Day 1 complete! Spent an hour or two playing ultimate frisbee and I could tell I was lagging compared to my peak performance and energy levels. This habit is so darn bad for us. I can't wait to kick it.
ARCEUS said:
I really feel that porn stars are the real criminals to our society. The real murderers ends the person's life rapidly, but these criminals do not end our life, rather, they kill our heart, murder our brain, steal our emotions, fills our brain full of negativity and depression, and they are not only limited to us but our family too suffer as the person's behaviour becomes more aggressive and he therefore abuses his family members. That's way more painful and unbearable torture than rapidly ending someone's life. Atleast to himself. I really wish one day... we all unite together and force the multi billion dollar industry to be black listed by our government, yea its childish thought, but I literally dream(childish talk ahead, sorry for that but yeah... just a communication) that I snap my finger and every porn star dies at one go, that would be so much good for the earth... yeah just trying to communicate I know there's no use for you from this message but at least my heart thought is emptied here :)
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As was said above, I don't think it's entirely fair to blame the pornstars themselves. I'm sure more of the blame lies with the producers and the porn companies. It's all just business to them. The health and wellbeing of their customers and "employees" is the last thing on their minds.

Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, pray for us!
 
Gallade_Templar said:
Day 1 complete! Spent an hour or two playing ultimate frisbee and I could tell I was lagging compared to my peak performance and energy levels. This habit is so darn bad for us. I can't wait to kick it.As was said above, I don't think it's entirely fair to blame the pornstars themselves. I'm sure more of the blame lies with the producers and the porn companies. It's all just business to them. The health and wellbeing of their customers and "employees" is the last thing on their minds.

Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, pray for us!
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yes, I too saw that how torturous the director and the producers are. The company members literally beats them and they gets permanent marks on their bodies, I saw it in an article. Also, some of those "employees" are forced to inject caffeine so they are not aware of what they are literally doing. This torture is somewhat up than the behaviours of animals!

There are several stories about this on fightthenewdrug.org Go check it, we could get motivation that what we are seeing isn't just an act, 50% of those videos are related to real Crimes. The person don't even get to know the thing he is watching is possibly forced act. The female trafficking is literally done here. Once they are illegally smuggled, they are given heavy dosage of drugs and makes them to act anything as they want when they are intoxicated. Also, there life expectancy is just 32 years! Means they die at the age of only 32 years on an avg. Just feel how the business is going, this multi billion dollar companies just... I don't have words to describe them. So this is the REALITY GUYS! People not awared of this, are literally promoting this non-human act by daily visiting there sites. So sad I feel how the world can go to this large extent! And it's everywhere as almost 75% of male world population is addicted to it followed by females with just 25%. This statistics could explain why successful people are less.

This also explains that males have more temptations. And our fight becomes more and more harder when our culture is turning to a direction where its becoming more harder to control. For I am aiming at the problem where it is almost impossible not to increase our urge and the challenge when we move outside our house to any general stores, gyms or malls. Yeah, there is no solution to this but that is a genuine problem which many of my bros fails to get aware while actually facing it...
 
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