hello! how are you? hope all is well. if you know czech (I dont) you should check out minsch sarana (monk sarana) on youtube. he is czech and has videos en czech and he is inspires great faith and has a lot of wisdom. (he's a monk, so wisdom is literally his profession) it's worth a shot.
Hey, my day is pretty alright. And I'm sorry to see that you're a bit struggling now but as you said you're sober now and nofap is good. There are different stages to all this nofap experience, there are withdrawals and anxiety and then there are good things too. And sure there is much we can take from buddhism, for me mainly mainly the idea of no expectations and giving up on our desires. :)
The thing with craving is that the moment you want something you have created a lack which wasn't there previously. That's the astounding thing. You think you want something, but actually you just want to stop the discomfort of not having it.
So all sense desires (for touch, sight, sound, taste, smell) function exactly like racketeering where they [the rakateers] are essentially making you pay to stop a problem that they created. You wouldn't need their protection, had they not created the need for it.
You know what that means right? Now when you relapse, I'll have to follow you and vice versa. You're doing great by the way. :)
