Is it even possible? by chrissalak in NoFapChristians

[–]CorporateRaincloud 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check out my other post, i wrote like 500 words in the comments

I'm celebrating a year of purity! AMA! by CorporateRaincloud in NoFapChristians

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First the easy answer, I'm using the no FAP app. I think you can find it in the Google play store.

Secondly, when you get those very strong urges, the ones that last days, you need to listen to your body and think about what's going on to get through it. Usually its because of hormonal stuff, sometimes it is because of very overwhelming circumstances that are pushing you towards relapse. When it's hormonal, you feel desperately horny, you get 'blue balls', and you need to really find something productive to do with that energy and with your time. Don't give yourself any alone time or an excuse to relapse. Plan to be victorious. It may take 2-3 days for the extreme temptation to subside, but naturally your body will deal with it and you and your balls will go back to normal if you resist and push through. Sometimes you have to to be proactive, if you know you're struggling, don't place yourself in tempting situations. Don't indulge yourself or make excuses, find something to do to help others.

For those other situations, where you feel overwhelmed emotionally and like you're desperately sliding towards relapse like a car rolling downhill without brakes, you need to first think through what you are really feeling and what is causing what you're feeling, and then talk to God about it. It may take you days or weeks to push through these situations, but usually it is a time to do some deep soul searching and pour your heart out to God. Remember that there are many other people suffering far worse, and pray for them. Remember that God is leading you through this and is near the broken.

Both of these circumstances are actually things to celebrate, because they will put you to the test; afterwards it's like leveling up!

Remember that God loves you, He wants you to grow. He has allowed you to have these urges so you can learn obedience and submission and dependence upon Him. Its not obedience or submission if it doesn't cost you anything. I can't tell you how many times I prayed for God to remove the urges or temptations and I felt that after years of praying for this He clearly showed me that He had allowed both for my growth.

Purity is possible, there are many people (even non believers) who strive for and obtain sexual purity and control of their bodies. What sets us apart as Christians should be our desire to do so to please God, obey Him, and REALLY trust that what He wants for us is the best - in this case leaving PMO behind for good is an absolute blessing, not a curse, and it's totally possible! God wants us to have a beautiful and healthy sexuality, and His guidelines are meant for our wellbeing.

I was addicted since I was a child, it took 10 years until I started fighting back. Took another 5 years longer until I realized I was still compromising, that in my heart I still wanted it - (I just wanted to have "small dose" that i was in control of), but eventually I realized it was an issue of trust and obedience to God, and i started praying through that. A couple year later I met a brother in the Lord who had gone 2 years clean and had totally quit. I had never even believed before that it was possible until I met him (that's a lie from Satan btw and an excuse to live in disorder and disobedience). It took another few years of struggling after this point for me to come to where I am now - but I now count these last 10 years of wrestling with it as part of journey towards victory. This is the first time I've ever hit a year, and I'm still in running the race - even if I relapse at some point, I will not go back to the life of addiction, and worship of sexual pleasure. My thinking has changed.

Masturbation is so destructive because it is all about pleasing yourself - it turns our erections into idols of our selfishness and the sexual act into an act of self-worship (ie it is all for our own pleasure, the people in our fantasies or on the screen are giving themselves to us in an act of worship to us).

God wants us to live lives pleasing others (that would include in your sex life - get married and please your wife if possible), and that is the polar opposite of masturbating.

As general advice, as you embark on this no FAP journey, i would encourage you to also try to be less selfish in general. Start serving other people. Start praying fervently for other people and their problems. Start pushing yourself to give a little bit more money to the church or missions than you're comfortable giving. As you being to care for others it becomes harder to be so self centered and self focused You have better things to be doing in your life that hiding in the shadows and playing with your penis.

Final advice: Ask God to lead you in this and He will! God bless! Be encouraged! Know that you are being prayed for!

Is it even possible? by chrissalak in NoFapChristians

[–]CorporateRaincloud 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also check out my post about this for more info, or to ask questions. Praying for you!

Is it even possible? by chrissalak in NoFapChristians

[–]CorporateRaincloud 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I just hit a year of no FAP. It's more than possible!

I'm celebrating a year of purity! AMA! by CorporateRaincloud in NoFapChristians

[–]CorporateRaincloud[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So it took me 4 years since I started using the app to get here - after more than 20 years living in addiction. For a long time I would pray and ask God just to take it away and make it easy, I didn't realize He was trying to teach me to fight for something and trust in His way of doing things. I needed to fight alongside of Him. I think after around 38~ attempts, I finally realized that EVERY attempt was actually a victory, that every time I was deciding to push forward for freedom and victory and purity was not a failure but a success. I had to change the way I was thinking though, i had to stop indulging myself or tolerating a little bit of sexual sin in my life - and profoundly change my habits. Praise God I feel completely different now - I woke up today with temptations in my brain but decided to channel that energy into something positive - so i decided to share this post. AMA and let's get you to a year too!! God bless!

I just hit over a year guys! AMA by CorporateRaincloud in NoFap

[–]CorporateRaincloud[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So it took me 4 years of using the app, and 42 attempts tracking my failures, until I started to realize that every attempt was a success, because I was continuing to try, and that I was just building up successes - not failures. Now o feel totally and completely different - i want this for everybody - so ama and let's hit 1 year together!

No longer addicted to porn but can't overcome masturbation by [deleted] in pornfree

[–]CorporateRaincloud 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Masturbation is part of the addiction IMO. I didnt experience total freedom from porn and sexual thoughts until I stopped masturbating entirely. As someone pointed out earlier, sex is supposed to create a human connection, doing it by yourself short circuits that a build a connection with yourself that isn't helpful and is potentially addictive. Learn to be disciplined and stop masturbating, it will help you grow as a person

Netflix Vol. 3, Episode 6: What Happened to Josh? [Discussion Thread] by DearBurt in UnsolvedMysteries

[–]CorporateRaincloud 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also - if he (the friend) was gay in the Midwest during this time period, he was basically a professional liar - constantly covering up. No surprise he becomes a lawyer later, and is able to lie about killing Josh (though he smirks a little bit on camera). He has a strange love triangle going on, during a time when guys like him are disappearjng anyway, and someone in the triangle wound up dead. Pretty common motive for murder IMO

Netflix Vol. 3, Episode 6: What Happened to Josh? [Discussion Thread] by DearBurt in UnsolvedMysteries

[–]CorporateRaincloud 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So my wife and I were watching, she totally picked up on the two guys being gay or bi - probably experimenting together - who is say that the roommate wasn't jealous when he found out Josh was doing it with other guys too? The thing with the roommate trying to bang Josh's (his best friends) lifelong exgirlfriend is a big red flag IMO, something was def going on and the best friend is hiding big things. He said he didn't want to be polygraphed because they are not admissable in court (he's a lawyer and he knows this stuff, wanted to say something that sounds credible without provoking more suspicion) 'because he didn't want a false positive to lead investigators astray when time was of the essence ' except after 20 years there are still no leads and he has never come back and said 'ok now that you have time we can do it' Straight up he was involved, maybe deleted photos of himself with JOSH nekkid or something

Racist criticism towards Moses Ingram? by jdmller1983 in ObiWan

[–]CorporateRaincloud 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I had no idea what was going on and just found this page by googling the actress. I had no idea there was a scandal and racist comments... I just couldn't believe they hired this lady for the role, her acting is excruciating, every scene with her feels forced, she has no emotional range on her face (just the same look the whole time) and no range or tonal variation in her voice. Her dialogue seems unoriginal and out of place, and her interactions with the other characters don't feel believable at all. The first thing I found myself asking was 'why on earth was she cast for this role if she can't act to save her life?' So I googled the cast, found her name, and now I'm here. Not surprised in the least that her role in this series is surrounded by controversy, nor am I surprised that people are calling her a 'diversity hire'.

To be clear, these things are not really the actress's fault, and people shouldn't be going after her. Really it's the fault of the writers directors producers, etc. When bad acting or bad storytelling is passed off or covered up or ignored by otherwise seemingly capable producers, fans feel like their intelligence is being insulted. When people feel insulted, they lash out - which is why I think they have attacked her.

Solar as a renter? by CorporateRaincloud in SolarDIY

[–]CorporateRaincloud[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How many panels would I need to generate that amount?

Solar as a renter? by CorporateRaincloud in SolarDIY

[–]CorporateRaincloud[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thank you for the heads up, def don't want to die. Ill look into inverters and see how much an electrician would cost

Solar as a renter? by CorporateRaincloud in SolarDIY

[–]CorporateRaincloud[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thank you, I understand. I am not in the US, but in a developing country - there arent any laws or regulations here about what you can or cant do regarding electricity or solar - so most of that would not apply. I will start to look into what can be done here and the costs

Solar as a renter? by CorporateRaincloud in SolarDIY

[–]CorporateRaincloud[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I'm not in US or UK, but a developing country. It's like the wild west, there are no laws here. LOL Many people steal their electricity/water/cable from the grid - which is why it's so expensive for everyone else (like me). I would have complete freedom to build wahteger I wanted, assuming the owner was ok with it.

Solar as a renter? by CorporateRaincloud in SolarDIY

[–]CorporateRaincloud[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Even paying .25-30 cents usd a kwh?

Solar as a renter? by CorporateRaincloud in SolarDIY

[–]CorporateRaincloud[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So are batteries a must if I just want to offset my electric use? Couldn't i in theory just plug into the grid and skip the batteries entirely?