The Lord of the Rings Challenge

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I had to make a cut after last those strong sentences. I'm even shocked how it turned out. But glad that I came to such a point ... it's not shallow anymore but deep .. my words are failing me.
Unfortunately most of the time I have to make a lot of shallow words until somehow I get into the deep ... (it's like grace)

I fucked up my sleeping routine already. But I couldn't leave without another post. I have to come to a conclusion, finish this up.

First I wanted to say, that of course, relapses are a part of recovery. Relapses are ok and it is most imporant that we don't dwell on it and that we get ourselves together, not get from one relapse to the next.
But it's clear we also need progress in the recovery progress or else it would be endless. As for me, I need progress right now, I need to go on, stay on, get beyond my old limits.

Ok, back to my current situation. As I pointed out, this is a challenge. As tempted I may be and as difficult as it may get, I want to stay clean, I'm taking on this challenge!
This needs to be documented and I need to stay accountable.
But I don't need to count the days all the time and I should do breaks from the forum, stop coming every day. Also:

  • I need to be in control of my day, I need to set clear intentions and stay present in the process
  • I can't let other people take control of my time schedule
  • Make commitments and be mindful
ok, that's enough. I need to do shit for real.
 
Day 5 complete!

Wow, this was the toughest it's been in a while. I went on a run to kill one urge, and texted two different friends to help me get through some others. I have to confess that I fished a bit, but turned away before I got to anything real. Deep breathing exercises helped me. Even while the urges were very intense, I had a very nice feeling of being in control. My head stayed sharp and clear and I was able to say no to the urges even while I still felt them.

St. Padre Pio, pray for us!
 
Day 18

Feeling good/ok but I felt I lacked a bit sleep when I woke up.
Almost slipped again. I was casually looking in Amazon Japan for calendars and P images were around. I couldn't stay so I exited out. I hate that.
Again, I have to somehow clean it up my Amazon Japan account.

The PMO ring is still pulling me. I think I am able to handle it.

Question, there was Nazgul rank here?? Including Orc and Uruk-hai. Apparently, it used to be Day 30 as an Elf. It makes sense that you are a Nazgul at Day 0 since I said someone with a Nazgul rank signature for here. Like I said, in Day 2 from this streak, I didn't turn into an Nazgul after all :emoji_smirk::emoji_laughing::emoji_relieved:

Doing my best every day.

Nothing else to report. Reading stuff here and I will hit the gym soon or later.

Already left Rivendell earlier with the Fellowship companion.
Keep on going Fellowship!
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Checking in Fellowship Friends!

94 Days Free of PMO.

Some anger arose this morning, moments of the past, people who did harm in one way or another. If I delve deeper, no external person can harm me unless I leave them to. Although difficult to practice, it is something that I'm trying to adopt.

Ruminating over anger, is in and of itself, poison at the root. If we externalize it onto another, we continue that bitter cycle. Best to just watch what arises, forgive the situation. Write out a letter that you will burn if you must, but don't get tangled in its web. Free yourself from its hold and seek to understand it. Not resist it. Likely that anger is also trying to tell you something, seek to see what that is and change what is in your capacity and never seek to change another. This would only feed your anger more, given we cannot control how others act and react, only what we do ourselves.

Stay Strong!
 
Thanks for all your support guys.

Although, I was not regular in here previously, but was doing in interval of 2-3 days, it was for a valid reason, now, I am more damaged, my current journey is like a cliff, before I was on land, I was safe even when I fell, but this time, I fell when I was at edge of that cliff, I am in intense danger right now, life shaping exams are on the head, I have to change now. Therefore, I am taking an unwanting step, I need to leave this site guys, don't worry, I will come back within a month. I was analyzing my past victory in this war and found that I was avoiding myself to know on which streak I am, completely ignoring my progress, I ignored my struggle too, I was trying to act like a normal person's thinking. Now I am finding it logical and I think I need to repeat my past in order to remove this venom from my body, I will miss my supportive companions, but don't worry, I won't come back with the bad news, my next message in this challenge will definitely be my 30th day celebration, I promise, I pledge myself.
As it is my last message, to give a slight update, due to my current situation, I am thinking to withdraw my olympiad preparation and focus only on JEE and fill the damage as both are getting damaged and recovery is very slow. Thanks for supporting me guys. I will include this website in the blocker by tomorrow morning, wish you good luck in your worthy struggles.
 
2 days. Got laid off the other day. Taking a few days off before applying for jobs. Back on days. Managed to get an 8 hour sleep last night. Tomorrow I should be feeling awesome. Checked to see if I had reinstalled covenant eyes after last fall. I had not. Went to the p page. It never even phased me. I had no interest in the p. Saw an email later. Saw some pictures. Looked at them but was not interested. Had a moment the other day where I tried talking to God from my deepest self. I did. I found unimaginable peace. I found the place of peace and I can take myself back there. What a blessing. I am healing so much. There are things happening I can't describe. Memories and feelings about myself are being healed. I am coming to like myself. The me I hated was my thoughts about what my family thought about me. I thought they were better. It's not true. I am awesome. I had an awesome choir rehearsal last night. There were only a few of us. I could hear myself and was not lost in the choir. I have gotten so good. I am pleased. I am not gloating. I am just happy and kind of proud of myself. I have worked hard at my singing voice and it is nice to know it has paid off. I am not a loser like my family made me feel like. Praise God. Praise him for healing me and for my gift of music.
 
<< The Lord of The Rings Challenge >>
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My brothers and sisters, here is before you the great Lord of The Rings Challenge.

Long time ago a evil entity created a ring that gathers lust and imprisons mankind.

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Now a group of people are uprising against the PMO slavery and decide to destroy their PMO rings. You must take your ring to the place where he was made, Mount Doom, and cast it into the fire.

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The journey will take 180 days in nofap (no porn, no porn substitutes, no masturbation, no edging, no paid sex), travelling from Hobbiton to Mount Doom.
If you succeed you´ll become the Supreme Guardian of Middle Earth.
Good luck!!!

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Thread moderated by @Redemptionisrequired

Rules:

1. Post in the thread that you´re in.
2. Start in the streak that you are currently. Starting streaks above half the journey (90 days) will not be admitted.
3. Add the challenge to your signature. Copy/Paste "(Insert your current rank) IN THE LORD OF THE RINGS CHALLENGE"
4. Quest items will be given during the journey. Add the symbols to your signature. If you reset during the journey, but don´t binge, you can keep the items with you.

Tips:

- Prioritize the reboot
- Stay accountable daily
- Study about the reboot
- Take cold showers
- Challenge your excuses to pmo
- Follow a triggers prevention plan
- Practice physical exercise
- Eat
healthy
- Relax

- Sleep well
- Root yourself in unconditional self-love and worth
- Believe you can be free

Super Tip:

- Read the books while doing the challenge
;)


<< THE JOURNEY BEGINS >>

Middle Earth Chronicles


0 days :emoji_star2: You decide to destroy the porn ring! You´re a Hobbit now. You must take the ring to the place where he was made, Mount Doom. You left Hobbiton heading for Bree.


1 day - At Buckland, Bilbo gives you Sting - an Elven short-sword made in Gondolin. It will turn blue when porn forces are around.
Quest Item - Sting :emoji_zap:
4 days – A brave friend, Tom Bombadil, takes notice of your quest. He teaches you a rhyme to summon him if you fall into danger within his borders.

Quest Aid – Song of Bombadil :emoji_notes:
8 days – Gildor Inglorion, an Elf, crosses your path causing a Nazgûl that was chasing you to flee. You stay the night with his company of Elves talking about your struggles with PMO. "Courage is found in unlikely places" he says. He gives you an Hithlain rope, a magical rope, light and flexible, yet extremely strong.

Quest Item – Hithlain rope :emoji_chains:


Quest Item -
Elven Cloak :emoji_running_shirt_with_sash:
19 days – Bree sends aid! Bill, a strong and kind pony, joins your quest by carrying rations and items.

Quest Aid – Bill, the pony :emoji_horse:
22 daysYou enter the cold Misty Mountains, the Hithaeglir.

25 days – You try to pass through Caradhras but the PMO forces were strong there. You make a detour to the Dwarven Realm of Moria.

30 days – Your loved ones send you a gift as a token of their love. Radagast, the Brown, in his rabbit sleigh delivers you Evenstar – a silver necklace with a white stone. "When the memory of the fear and the darkness troubles you...this will bring you aid".
Quest Item – Evenstar :emoji_sparkling_heart:
34 days – You reached the Doors of Durin, the West-door of Moria.

40 days – In the bridge of Khazad Dûm a strong battle is fought against PMO.

45 days – After leaving Moria, you enter the Kingdom of the Silvan Elves, Lothlórien.

46 days – Lady Galadriel, Princess of the Ñoldor, gives you a bow such as the Galadhrim used. Among the best bows of Middle Earth, the bow was longer and stouter than the bows of Mirkwood and it was strung with a string of elf-hair.

Quest Item – Bow of the Galadhrim :emoji_bow_and_arrow:

48 days – With boats given by the Elfs you sail on the river Anduin. The journey continues south to Amon Hên.

51 days – Paddeling down the river, you crossed The Gates of Argonath, The Pillars of Kings.


60 days – On your path you meet Treebeard, the oldest of the Ents. He offers you Ent-draughts, magical waters from Fangorn ladled out into a large bowl. As you drink, the waters bring refreshment and vigour to every limb of your body.

Quest Magic – Ent-Draughts :emoji_tea:

65 days – You face difficulties walking though the razor-sharp winding paths of Emyn Muil. A fallen brother named Gollum offers help. He doesn´t seem reliable but he knows the way out of the maze, so you decide to follow him.

70 days – Riders bring a gift! “My Lord, here is the Horn of Hondor for your assistance”. The Horn of Gondor is an heirloom of the Stewards of Gondor tipped with silver and inscribed with ancient characters. It´s audible at far ranges and summons reinforcements in times of need.

Quest Item - Horn of Gondor :emoji_postal_horn:

75 days – Shadowfax, the chieftain of the race of the Mearas, the greatest horses of Middle Earth, comes to your aid. Shadowfax is capable of comprehending human speech and runs faster than the wind.

Quest Aid – Shadowfax
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80 days – You enter the Dead Marshes, a swampland.

"Dreary and wearisome. Cold, clammy winter still held sway in this forsaken country. The only green was the scum of livid weed on the dark greasy surfaces of the sullen waters. Dead grasses and rotting reeds loomed up in the mists like ragged shadows of long forgotten summers."

85 days – Exiting the swamp you found something shining behind a small rock: a ring made of mithril and set with a white gem. Lady Galadriel appears.

"This is Nenya, the Ring of Adamant, and I am its Keeper. I give it to you mighty Traveler, so it may protect you against lust evil."

91 days – The Gate is closed but Gollum reveals there´s a secret entrance to Mordor. With a sigh of relief you turn south on the borders of Ephel Dúath, the Mountains of Shadow.

95 days – After knowing the seduction of their leader to porn, the Istari nominate you as their Chief Wizard. You receive a new staff, fashioned from an upturned sapling with a blue crystal embedded in the crown. The staff possesses magical healing abilities. It will help you regain strength and fight for the next 85 days.

Quest Magic – Wizard´s Staff :emoji_sparkler:

100 days – You enter the region of Ithilien. "A fair country of climbing woods and swift-falling streams."

110 days You entered the Morgul-Road. A “road that glows with an eerie luminescence” running east and west through the Morgul Vale and over the Morgul Pass in western Mordor.

115 days – You reach the banks of the Morgulduin, the polluted river that crosses Minas Morgul. A cold steam issue from the river whose stench and vapours sickens you.
120 days – At the Cross-roads, the point in Ithilien where the Harad-Road is crossed by the east-west road, you contemplate the statue of a king now beheaded by the cruel forces of PMO. Seeing the fallen head gives you hope for nature crowned it with flowers.

125 days :emoji_star2: After a long walk you reach Minas Morgul, the dark fortress of Mordor. Once called Minas Ithil, the twin city of Minas Tirith, it was dominated by the forces of PMO in the Third Age.

"Upon the further side, some way within the valley's arms, high on a rocky seat upon Ephel Dúath, stood the walls and towers of Minas Morgul. All was dark about it, earth and sky, but it was lit with light. Not the light welling through the marble walls of Minas Ithil long ago, fair and radiant in the hollow of the hills. Paler indeed than the moon ailing in some slow eclipse was the light of it now, wavering and blowing like a noisome exhalation of decay, a corpse-light, a light that illuminated nothing."

A superior power is needed so you transformed into a Elf-King: wise, powerful and immortal.



126 days – Close to Minas Morgul you discover the secret stairs of Cirith Ungol, the hidden passage to Mordor. The stairs are long and steep. With fear and courage you start climbing. Strangely the ring feels heavier now.

130 days – You´re halfway the stairs. You move slowly trying to stay unnoticed by the flying Nazgûl.

135 days – Lady Galadriel appears again. She held up a small crystal phial: it glittered as she moved it and rays of white light sprang from her hand. “In this phial”, she said “‘is caught the light of Eärendil’s star, set amid the waters of my fountain. It will shine still brighter when night is about you. May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out."

Quest Magic – Phial of Galadriel :emoji_comet:

140 days – The stairs have ended and you enter a long tunnel, dark and moisty. Something doesn´t feel right, but Gollum says “this is the path, Master”.

145 days – Gollum has deceive you! Unwary, you enter the lair of the porn queen Shelob. With stealth and treachery she attacks but you have the light of Eärendil. The fate of the journey is fought at the doorstep of Mordor.

155 days – After slaying countless PMO forces, you reach the top of the Tower. You see the exit, Mordor is in sight!

156 days – In the tower among the debris and spoils, you found a mithril coat, a part of the dwarven treasure hoard from the Lonely Mountain. Light as a feather and as hard as dragon-scales, it will protect you against porn attacks.

Quest Item – Mithril Coat :emoji_shield:

160 days – After leaving the Tower you enter Mordor, the Black Land of PMO. The sky is dark and the fires of lust are everywhere. Remembering the words of the Council, you step into the blasted territory.

"There is evil there that does not sleep, and the Great Eye is ever watchful. It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire and ash and dust, the very air you breathe is a poisonous fume."
165 days – You cross the Plateau of Gorgoroth, the central region of Mordor. A arid plain with extreme climates covered in the volcanic ash of Mount Doom.

170 days - In a trolls´ cave, you found Orcrist, the Goblin-cleaver. An elven sword from Gondolin. It has a beautiful scabbard, jeweled hilt and runes which bear its name.

176 days - In your ascend you encounter the Captains of the West who declare the return of the King! "Behold! One has come to claim the Kingship again at last!". They placed the Crown of Gondor - a tall, jewelled and winged helm with seven gems of adamant - on your head. The crowning of the High-King inaugurates the Reunited Kingdom of Gondor and Arnor.

Quest Item – Crown of Gondor :emoji_crown:
178 days – Lord Elrond, on the wings of Gwaihir, meets your path. “My Lord, here is a new sword for you, rebuilt from the shards of Narsil!”. Very bright was the sword when made whole again, the light of the sun shone redly in it and the light of the moon shone cold.

Grasping the sword you declare to all land: “This is Andúril, Flame of the West! May it lighten my path and vanquish the perils ahead!

Quest Item - Andúril :emoji_dagger:

180 days :emoji_star2: After a long strenuous climbing, the entrance to the Cracks of Doom appear. With fierce determination you enter the Chambers of Fire.

Reaching the edge of the platform, Andúril shines in your hand and the Fellowship empowers your heart. Watching the burning lava you think about home and how far you´ve gone. You cast the PMO ring into the fire, you destroyed the ring!!!




Congratulations!!! By the grace of the Valar your total Maiar strength is revealed. You are the Supreme Guardian of Middle Earth, a White Wizard.




Special Challenge

365 days
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Valar
You´re one of the Powers of Arda. An angelic force that sheds Light and Might over rebooters.
Your grace blesses the Fellowship..

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730 days
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You are among the greatest of the Valar, the High Ones.
An inspiration against lust evil, and of chief Power, Magnanimity and Truth.

"And if little is here said of all that the Eldar once knew, that is as nothing compared with their true being, which goes back into regions and ages far beyond our thought."


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"One thread to rule them all,
Nofap to guide them,
One Spirit to bring them all,
And from PMO release them"
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Day 19

I spent the day in an underground hovel. Drinking tea with Bilbo Baggins. We recounted the wondrous life of Frodo. Bilbo said he didn't feel it was worth it to take the ring just to live longer. It drained a part of his soul in the process.

I replied, seems like the elves are the only one's who have it good you know? Long life and no side effects. But who really knows? Maybe it's not so bad to be human in this life. At least I'm not a Dwarf. I just don't like the idea of being short hairy and stout after all this time being the opposite.

I stopped adventuring. I just sat in my Smial. Drinking and smoking with Bilbo. Telling stories and eating good food. Oh how we laughed. I'm a human that learned to live like a Hobbit. It's kind of nice really. Once you get used to it. The fact that nothing very dangerous or adventurous is going to happen anytime soon.

And what lovely pastries we can make ^_^ Laughs we can have. The gatherings with the neighbors. It's special in its' own Shire kind of way.

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Day 0 complete.

Ah, Fellowship. I'm sorry. All those urges from yesterday were never truly destroyed; they only went into hiding for a short while. After I ate lunch at a restaurant, they caught me by suprise in a public restroom. Large meals have been a slight trigger for me before, but that wasn't even the case today; my meal was a normal size. Anywa, I looked at something pornographic which I had once been curious about and relapsed quickly. A couple hours after that I was still feeling aroused and I did MO again, without porn that time.

It's been a really long time since I've fallen twice in one day. Not bingeing after my streaks was the one thing I always did very consistently which made me feel like I had good hope for recovery. Even now, several hours later, I can feel my body asking for PMO a third time, like the floodgates have opened and I removed a lot of progress from myself with this double fall. All those powerful urges I vanquished yesterday were building up like water behind a dam and today the dam broke; everything came spilling out at once.

@LLOYYD Yes, there used to be ranks for Nazgul, Orc, and Uruk-Hai, and one became a Hobbit at Day 15. Those ranks were removed because it was thought to be rather discouraging to begin as an evil creature, and it didn't make sense for the journey to destroy the Ring to only start once you were already 15 days into the challenge.

@Anew2019 I didn't know you like to sing! That's a hobby of mine as well; I sing in my seminary's choir.

St. Catherine of Siena, pray for us!
 
Day 38

A lot of temptation. It's getting tougher to keep going on, yet I must persist.

Feeling tired and lethargic lately. I think it's my diet. I keep eating these frozen pizza things and they aren't good for you. My foot is mildly injured, so I haven't been walking much lately either or working out. I keep taking baths for some reason and don't go out, just sit on the computer... I have gradually done a lot of house cleaning though, but I'm clearly not preforming that well.

Some of the suggestions that come up on Youtube tempt me. I must resist.
 
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