I first started masturbating in my early teens but it wasn't until a couple of years ago that I noticed seemed to be doing frequently (2-3 times a week). I'm 23 now and noticed not long ago that I actually felt much more engaged, motivated and confident if I abstained from masturbating and yet I couldn't seem to go for more than a week without doing it. After a few months of wrestling with my self-control it dawned on me that I was addicted to porn and that it was actually having quite a major impact on my life and preventing me from reaching my full potential. I'm actually more or less quite happy with where I am in life but my apparent inability to control this really gets me down sometimes. I'm ashamed to say I recently failed an attempt to make it past 30 days (flopped it on day 12) but I'm 2 days into trying again. It's going to be tough but hopefully this site will help. At the risk of sounding a bit pretentious I came across a quote this morning which I think fits quite nicely with what we're all trying to achieve here: "Control thy passions lest they take vengeance on thee" - Epictetus thanks for reading, G x
Good on you for joining, and good for you for realizing you're addicted. That's half the battle. 12 days is great and it's a sign you can get to 30 and beyond.
