Urges are getting strong

I'm sure you'll find many of us have been there. You know what I've found helps a lot though: Sleep hygiene. I haven't used an alarm clock in I don't know how long, I go to bed early enough and at a consistent time so even if I need an extra hour of recovery in the morning I don't have to interrupt that.

Result: When I have to wake up early for something I STILL don't need an alarm clock, like my brain just does that by itself. Also I've had multiple times where I resisted temptation even while dreaming. Your mind can be that clear if you give it what it needs, and sleep is one of the biggest things but most people ignore it.

 

Yeah FWIW first thing I do is hydrate myself, and I have a little morning routine. Aside from sleep it helps to have a schedule for things like diet and physical activity. It's not going to happen overnight but once you got it pretty much down it's going to support you because you know what to expect because you built it a certain way.

 

A good real life hack:

Use a keyboard, type in:

/NO_URGE

Press Enter and your urges are gone.

 

Similarly, change your password to different sites to something like that and always log out (don't use "stay logged in" box) so you have to type that phrase whenever you go online for ANYTHING. Maybe even to your device if you can set it up that way. That forces you to think about that phrase.

Also, change it up every so often, but it would be a phrase along the same line of thought. By changing it up you don't just start tuning out the meaning and it's more than just muscle memory, like when you use the same password forever.

 

You need to decide man. To quit or not to quit. Strong urges mean that a part of you still wants porn and just waits for the next time until you watch it. So when you go on a streak you're basically teasing that part which is waiting. And at some point you can't take it no more and relapse.
But when you fully really absolutely decide to quit, those urges will drop down to a tiny, very manageable simmer. It becomes easy. But you need to decide.
This thread of mine might help you to understand things better: https://www.nofap.com/forum/index.php?threads/the-porn-goddess.230204/