Hi everyone! I'm Blaze and I'm strongly determined to stop jerking off, this is my day 1! Since I was thirteen I use to fapping several times a week. For me it was a normal habit so I did not care about its possible negative effects. Even today, it still remain an habit..a daily bad habit (sometimes 3-4 a day) that I want to quit. In the last 3 years I've realised I am masturbation-addicted, because I tried many times to stop, but the dependence was too strong and too many times I gave up. I think I'm not dipendent of porn. I watch it, many times a week, but I can go on without it. My principal problem is the masturbation addiction in general..just by thinking of something hot, I can't stop myself easily to jerking off. These are the reasons why I'm here, Now I'm 21 and it's time to not masturbate anymore! I already know my goals: First, I want to abstain from masturbating to orgasm, no edging, no porn, no internet chicks, for one week, hard mode. After achieving this goal (and just one week without, for me would be an incredible result), I'll gradually increase the nofap periods step by step...two weeks, one month, ninety days, one year and so on! Soon I will open my personal journal thread, thank you all for the attention p.s: sorry eventually for my bad english
I am new as well. Today is my day 0. I have been masturbating to porn since I was a teen, as well. For the last five years, it seems as though the porn addiction had started to morph into a general sexual addition. I am ready to stop. Five years is enough. I am with you. Lion
Thanks for the support Lion, we can get stronger if we help each other...that's the reason because I chose this awesome community!
Hey there, Blaze. Just want to check in and lend some support. Today is my day one. I woke up this morning feeling generally relieved. I didn't have to worry about clearing the history on my computer or my phone, as my girlfriend looks through both pretty often. I feel as though freeing myself from porn is going to free my mind and faculties for more productive actions. I had a bit of alone time on the computer today, and instead of visiting the usual porn sites, I decided to come here. It was a hard decision because old habits die hard. I was very tempted to go to the sites. I want this time to be different though so I am purposely taking actions that will give me little spurts of strength to make it toward my goal. My goal to start is 60 days no porn or masturbation. Since I have a girlfriend the "O" portion will be difficult to maintain. I expect, however, that not using porn or masturbation will help me develop a closer and more meaningful relationship with her. I hope you are doing well. Let's do this!
Im in the same boat Double Lion. I am also in a relationship, so trying to give up the porn to enhance my relationship and overcome the addiction. This is the sort of support we need to keep up for each other and help everyone through our tough times together.
I'm in a relationship too, fellows! I'm doing this for me and my beloved..I had many problems with her because of my addiction. It's very hard, but I'm on day 3 now and I can't wait for the next one month challenge! I'm feeling a little better than before, today. And I'm with you guys, I don't want to waste time with porn or similar anymore. We have to fight against our instinct and our old habits, they die hard as you wrote, Lion. I think that a web filter would be helpful for reach this task!
Hey guys glad to see you are all fighting strong. I am in the same boat only I am married and I have been at this for a couple weeks and I can feel my thoughts starting to get better. I hope the best for all you guys and that we can all reach our goals. our old lifestyles have taken way to much away from us lets take our lives back one day at a time.
Day 3, and I am hanging in there. I had a setback yesterday with regard to my car, which left me angry and in a bad mood. Instead of masturbation, I sought healthier ways to deal with it. I am beginning an exercise plan that I will perform concurrently with my 60 day challenge. It sounds cliche but freeing ourselves from this addiction/habit will free up time and resources so that we can become better men. Day 3 and I am still strong. We're a team, lets do this. -Lion
Time is a huge factor! It's important to use the time we waste on porn etc and channel it into meaningful tasks and it's easy to see the benefits. Great to see us all working together to help our own goals. Onward and upward (no pun intended)
Day 5 This morning was very difficult, I was trying to edging but luckily I was not alone at home, so I went out of my room to calm my libido..thanks also to the panic button and this quote: "Pain is temporary, glory is forever" Almost two days to reach my goal, we all can do it! In my opinion, avoiding from boredom is a critical point if we wanna quit with PMO
Started today! Didn't last 10 minutes after I wrote my first post!!!! I am going to shoot for a day at a time now but it's cool to see so many people trying.
Day 5. I am still hanging in there. I am finding that my libido is up substantially but my urge to PMO is down. I don't have an urge to view porn. This is making this portion of the challenge easier. I hope this feeling remains throughout the week. What I have been noticing is that, in public, I have began to have more of a wondering eye. That women who was probably a 5 or 6 a week ago is now a 7 or 8. I stare longer and feel more attracted to women in general. I have to keep a lid on this because I don't want to be labeled a jerk, but things are changing. Also, because I no longer give into urges, I am noticing that in a few moments my urges subside. This is a powerful revelation. If I have a strong urge to masturbate or view porn and I distract myself for 15 minutes, that urge is either gone or reduced substantially. Let's keep this going guys. Stay strong.
Day 7, one week without PMO!! I've reached my first goal and I'm feeling great! Thanks also for the support of this wonderful community and I'm noticing too that something is changing, Lion Now I'm going to join the next one month challenge! We can finally see the light guys..just don't give up!
Day 6, and still going strong. Today was very difficult but I used a tool that I found on this forum to guide me through my urges and keep me on track. I "talked down" my urges. It is difficult to think and talk at the same time. So when I had the urge to relapse I literally asked my self. "Why?!" Why do you want to destroy 6 days of progress. You know it will only lead you to sadness and despair. It seemed a little silly but it worked. I'm optimistic that I can beat this thing. Thanks for the support guys. This addiction is in our mind but its not our essence, its not us. That's why we're here. CONGRATS BLAZE!!! 7 days. Keep going! -Lion
Today is my Day 8. Wow! It was touch and go yesterday, but I'm still here. No porn, no fapping, no edging. I am happy that I am developing habits that will stay with me and help me to build a more fulfilling life. One week is the first brick in our new foundation.
@Double Lion good to see you're staying strong and consistent my friend but stay focused: the desire of watching porn will hit your mind when you don't expect it to hit you
Hello mates, sorry for my absence. After my 11 days record without PMO I had to reset my counter: Last nigh I watched porn and surfing the internet for erotic pics a good half-hour. I edged but I stopped before orgasm luckily, but it counts as a reset anyway. I'm feeling a bit depressed, but I gotta stand up.. Let's start again.
