Hit 30 day PMO free milestone, these are the effects so far:

I am a long time PMO addict who wanted to recover for a while now. During mid December 2023 i started to improve my eating habits and decided to finally embark on a nofap journey now that i had the motivation to change my habits and improve my health. This is what i have experienced so far:

• The first week was all smooth sailing. I have previously been on a PMO binge, my brain was tired of watching naked girls and my body was exhausted of all the unhealthy masturbation. The break was a breeze of fresh air!
• During the second week the withdraw symptoms started to appear. My head felt a bit off and sexual temptations started to creep up. I began to notice how sexualized women are on social media, almost like soft porn is the new normal. But it was still manageable, my motivation to continue remained solid.
• During the third week my brain went through some heavy detoxification - it was screaming for sexual content! I caught myself looking at random shit on youtube just because there was woman in there in one way or another, i searched for female actors on imdb etc. During those moments i just turned off my computer and did something that didn't involve looking at a screen. Like take a walk, ride my bicycle, go to the gym or just sit and relax to music. I even attended a 12 step meeting. But i knew that this was temporary so i kept on, using every trick i got to continue nofap.
• On the fourth week i could finally breathe a sigh of relief. The worst withdrawal symptoms was finally over and being sober started to become a habit in its early stage. The leftover time i got by not indulging in PMO is spent on meditating i instead, or doing something else that is relaxing. I still have a lot of work to do to recover from p0rn addiction but now i don't have to rely on my willpower alone.

The benefits that i am experiencing is that i have more physical energy and easier to interact with woman as human beings rather than a overcharged battery of sexual energy. And most importantly, i feel really proud of my self! I feel like a better person with improved self esteem now that i don't indulge in degenerate behaviors and taking actions to improve my health, both physical and mental. If all goes well, i will write a new post when i make it to 60 or 90 days!

 

Once you find yourself doing those things (or edging in general), what are your best methods of breaking those actions to avoid a relapse?

 

The further i go down the slippery slope the harder it will be to stop myself from a relapse. It is important to learn to recognize all those edging behaviors and identify counter measures to take when that happens. Turning off the computer has helped me. Even thinking something like "I am just going to turn off the computer for a few minutes, take a glass of water, then i can continue". Just giving myself a short break often helps to make the urge much more manageable.

However, it took me many years of wanting to start practicing nofap to actually being able start to do it. I am not sure i can point out what exactly made me ready to embark on this journey at this particular moment..

 

Took a look, sounds like you are experiencing a lot of benefits, keep up the good work man!