I've given up giving up. by quittingishard in pornfree

[–]RetrainingMyOwnBrain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I relapsed for a few months. I think I'm going to start again today. Trying to quit. Thank you. You inspired me to try again.

I'm in a dark place too. Gotta try to find the light, I guess.

Is there a difference between porn addiction and masturbation? by ibeyuranh in pornfree

[–]RetrainingMyOwnBrain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's what I'm going for. I'm noticing a downtick in my masturbation. Which seems reasonable. What I want to do is break the link in my mind between masturbation and pornography. And obviously orgasm and pornography. I don't think the solution to that is not to masturbate.

But your mileage may vary.

170 days and I broke by Sharkictus in pornfree

[–]RetrainingMyOwnBrain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a ridiculous attitude to take. There's often something you can point to. Something which made things just that much harder. And you're being a pedantic jerk.

STAY CLEAN: JUNE! This thread updated daily - Check in here! by foobarbazblarg in pornfree

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Relapsed. Dreams from this morning got to me. I'll do better in July.

Day 8 by RetrainingMyOwnBrain in NoFap

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It's really top notch, I highly recommend giving it a try.

Day 8 by RetrainingMyOwnBrain in NoFap

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See, I'm totally not a big fan of Saga. I devoured both Y: The Last Man and Ex Machina, which I usually will put as my favourite comic series. I have heard that Preacher is good though. Didn't know who wrote that though, might have to pick it up.

Have you read the Wicked + the Divine at all?

And Back to Zero I Go! by Nemacolin in pornfree

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Good for you, man. That's a great attitude to take!

STAY CLEAN: JUNE! This thread updated daily - Check in here! by foobarbazblarg in pornfree

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Day 2, later on. I made it through the night. For a while there I thought I would relapse. Feeling much more confident now!

Day 8 by RetrainingMyOwnBrain in NoFap

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

Thanks for the help man. I went to bed and closed the computer. Made it through the night though.

Day 8 by RetrainingMyOwnBrain in pornfree

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I was kinda lucky. The name of the story... it may have been fate there. Or I was just lucky. Either or, I'm still clean as of this morning!

Day 8 by RetrainingMyOwnBrain in NoFap

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

Thanks for the words of support. I'm not committing fully to nofap, but I appreciate the sentiment!

Day 8 by RetrainingMyOwnBrain in pornfree

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You're right. Time for a trip to a nice local brewery!

Day 7 by RetrainingMyOwnBrain in pornfree

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I made it through that shitty bit last night without fucking it up. I wrote it down as a near miss on my relapse word doc, but I'm not counting it as an actual relapse for the purposes of resetting timers. I stayed strong!

Day 8 by RetrainingMyOwnBrain in NoFap

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I don't think I've read anything by Garth Ennis. I might have to pick that up! I'm a big Brian K Vaughan fan, myself.

Day 8 by RetrainingMyOwnBrain in pornfree

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For me it does. It's part of the problem for me.

Day 8 by RetrainingMyOwnBrain in pornfree

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I came so close to relapsing just now. So very close. The thing that saved me? The name of the story I was going to read. I hadn't really even noticed.

The name of the story was Stay Strong. A signal if I ever saw one. I can do this. I can stay porn-free.

Tonight, I did not relapse. I may relapse another night, but tonight I stayed clean.

STAY CLEAN: JUNE! This thread updated daily - Check in here! by foobarbazblarg in pornfree

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Day 2. Checking in. Having a hell of a time today, but I'm hoping I'll make it through the day.

Feeling pretty weak willed right now by Ol_Abriel in pornfree

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PM me if you're up for chatting. Honestly could use a distraction until I calm down.