The reasons

Hey dude. Great job on starting this journey. Getting closer to God is a great reason to stop. He is indeed the source of great strength for this battle. When times get tough, remember why you are doing this, and turn to Him. You can do it

 

Welcome to NoFap.

A few things that I've implemented since joining this site are:

1) Set my homepage to http://www.nofap.org/forum/forum.php
2) I'm keeping my door open at all times to make it hard to PMO. I live with two female roommates.
3) Bookmarked http://emergency.nofap.org - it works best if you don't keep hitting refresh but take what you need from it and move on.
4) I'm taking cold showers.
5) I did some research on http://www.yourbrainonporn.com and watched the Ted talks videos there.
6) I'm reading/posting as much as I can on this forum.
7) I'm keeping a daily journal and created a counter to track my progress.
8) I wear a rubber band on my wrist that I snap whenever I have a sexual thought or become aroused.
9) I flex all of my muscles rhythmically whenever I feel like I'm going to get an erection to direct blood flow away from it.
10) I've watched "Sacred Sexuality" videos on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/user/SacredS...sort=da&view=0

For brand new members I recommend doing these three things:

1. Create a journal and post in it everyday, especially when you get urges. Just writing down that I have an urge helps to alleviate it.

2. Set a goal and create a PMO counter to track your progress. Copy and paste it in to your signature. (You can edit your signature in your account settings.)

3. Read and respond to other peoples journals. This will help to make you realize that you are not alone and give you hope and ideas on how to further develop in your recovery.

If you do these three things you'll be off to a great start.

Best of luck.

- vM

 

Hey bud! Good on you for taking a stand! Wish I had had your conviction at 15 - it might have changed a few things. I'm new here too but some things I find that work:
1)Keeping my door open at all times
2)Keeping electronic devices off or in another room at night
3)When showering, get in and out - don't linger, especially when you are washing your penis and pubic region.
4)Stay positive - don't dwell on the past or on mistakes

Hope this helps dude. A big help is a journal so get started there and be honest about stuff. I know I am and its amazing how talking about this - all of it - somehow makes it manageable. Good luck!