Why would most guys not even consider giving up their technical devices to get over porn addiction?

Generally though an alcoholic who is trying to quit alcohol will completely remove all alcohol from their home, and they generally will also avoid social settings that sell alcohol, bars, pubs, clubs ext.

But unfortunately this is a much more difficult thing to achieve for a PMO addict, because we use the internet for many other things other than porn, we watch many other tv channels other than porn.

Removing the thing from your home that you're addicted to is likely one of the first things most addicts would do. So removing alcohol, cigarettes, drugs from your home is one of the first things an addict trying to quit would usually do. But like I said this is much more difficult to do for a PMO addict, as it is literally a case of removing all sources of porn and artificial sexual stimulation from your home. To 100% achieve this you'd literally need to go as far as cutting off the internet and not having a tv in your home.

It's frustrating because it is much easier for an alcoholic or drug addict to remove alcohol or drugs from their home than what it is for a PMO addict to remove all porn and artificial sexual stimulation from their home, in terms of what they would actually need to get rid of to achieve this.

I think it is great you're managing to stay away from PMO and you haven't got rid of any of your technical devices, you haven't restricted your self in anyway. I think if you can do that then that is definitely the way to go. Bare in mind though that if you can easily stop something then that is a big indicator that you were never truly addicted to it in the first place. If you have basically got to 28 days of no PMO so early on in your journey then I question if you were ever truly addicted to PMO.

True PMO addicts generally wouldn't be able to stop it this easily, and I doubt most true PMO addicts would get a streak as successful so early on in their journey.

Many people can't stop porn and artificial sexual stimulation when they have such easy access to it. Many people are stuck in a cycle of constant relapse on porn and artificial sexual stimulation for years, and in my opinion one of the biggest causes of this, if not the biggest cause is because how easily they can access it. I mean the porn and artificial sexual stimulation isn't even removed from their home, which like I said is one of the first things an addict would do. Many of these guys aren't restricted from porn or artificial sexual stimulation in any way at all.

In a way it is similar to an alcoholic who is trying to quit alcohol while having alcohol laying about their home, in a way it is similar to a drug addict who is trying to quit drugs while having drugs laying about their home.

 

I'm not saying that some people who are truly addicted can't achieve this. But generally most people who are truly addicted don't achieve this, or seriously struggle to achieve this. Especially in the beginning.

It's probably one of the biggest indicators that confirms wither or not you're an addict. Try to stop it and see what happens. If you relatively easily stop it with no relapses then you probably weren't a true addict. If you struggle to stop it and constantly relapse then you probably are a true addict.

As far as I am aware the actual definition of addiction is continuing to do something despite knowing the negative consequences.

From what you have said, relatively early on in your journey you realised all the negative consequences PMO was having on your life, and this alone was enough to make you stop PMOing, basically being able to stop PMO on your first attempt with no relapses.

I'm sorry but this doesn't sound like addiction to me. Your managing to successfully stop PMO with no relapses, simply because you're aware of the negative consequences.

Remember addiction is usually defined as continuing to do something despite the negative consequences.

But your not doing that. Basically your first attempt, or relatively early on in your journey you have successfully managed to stop PMO with no relapses, simply because you're aware of the negative consequences of PMO.