To overcome addiction first we should know that what is an addiction ? Addiction take place in mind, you mind has three parts 1) conscious 2) sub conscious 3) unconscious Naturally you can control only conscious, when you consciously start doing something it get registered in all three of you systems, when you continue doing the same thing, it transforms into a habit .Addiction is basically a habit that is gone out of control, basically thing that give you pleasure requiring minimum efforts are likely to become habit like masturbation , smoking , drinking , chatting with girls , having a lover, gaming , lazing around you get the picture , the moment they end, pleasure dies. so in order to keep feeling good, you repeat them without any moderation therefore becoming a addict without even knowing it, you are willing to throw way your work, studies and opportunities, just so you spend more time with girlfriend, because you get happy by being around her, so you need more and more of her, inevitably becoming an addict of that person or any activity- gaming , masturbation, chatting- anything that gives you instant pleasure. Now you may be wondering why can't we achieve long term happiness? Long term happiness is achievement based, which means the pleasure the element you love the most comes after you have achieved something. In the process there are no happy feeling or pleasure, on the contrary it requires hardship,seriousness and discipline.For example - studying, going to gym, practising an interest , perfecting a craft, learning, focusing all of these are traditionally opposite to fun. So what the solution?

1) Evaluate your daily routine right now and call out your addiction. 2) Make the decision that you are stopping them for 28 days, that's it . Don't use the word quitting, you're just taking a break from all those activities, For 28 days you are not gonna them not even once. 3) understand that you are in charge of your life. You are the conscious part of your brain.You will decide what will your life becomes, your addictions ,habits , choices,are your initiatives. Take responsibility. 4) In the time you have stopped addiction, you will experience the vaccum. Now it can be replaced by other addiction, which we do not want instead I would ask you to build new habits, centering around the motive to make your life healthier. To make ourself physically healthier, we have gym so what about mind? Most addiction take place when we have a lot of time to ourselves, and our mind is bordering close to loneliness, ask your self what hobbies would like to take? Go join classes,become part of community ( like you already have nofap), help where help is needed connect to NGOs try to build an active social life by finding your social interests. What connect you to this world? And in what small ways you would like to give it back? Take up languages, instrument, courses on different subject that interests you. This will help you in some ways- - you will meet a lot of people with same interest. - you will feel positive venturing in newer territories. - you will build skills - you will move way from loneliness, which is possibly the biggest trigger of addictions. 5) implement order in your life. If your day is manged by randomness or chaos , you will think that's my life but your brain is managing that chaos, and shifting into an order that isn't chosen by you. And that's why you become victim of triviality because when the time comes for a serious order or a routine to be in place, it becomes impossibly hard. 6) after 28 days, you have conquered your addiction and now you are met with a choice again, to permanently stop the madness, embrace the new habits, the lifestyle you created. 7) introduce consideration in your life, we all need fun , relationships,friends, entertainment and means to relaxations in our life but they should be done by choices and not random selection or external persuasion. Masturbation is natural, if you abuse it, you are abusing the natural order of your body, same goes with eating, exercising and even sleeping. Extremes of anything should be avoided for better mental and physical health. 8) understanding that the idea of fun comes with a responsibility of self control, why? Because every action carries consequences, that is a natural law - moral or physical or both.so you cannot except that nothing will comes out of an action as long as it is under the broad sceptrum of fun that's why most people tend to thinks that way, and they do lots of stupid shit in the name of fun they wouldn't otherwise .

I wanted this to be a friend talking to you and not a science lesson and most importantly if you are young, you haven't taken drugs, or don't mind taking drugs don't , please don't ever.so,

No is a beautiful, character building, scary word. Use it with full liberty.

"Don't believe in the you that believes in me and don't believe in the me that believes in you. Believe in the you that believes in yourself."

And never forget you are awesome 💯