Day 35

Today marks a pretty significant day. I have surpassed my previous longest streak of 34 days. Thirty-four days was once the longest I had ever gone without P&M. Of all the years I’ve tried quitting, that was the longest I could until today.

I wish I had set tips and tricks to share, but honestly, I’ve just been winging it. I think that’s what most of us are doing. Since every experience, every degree of addiction, every person is unique, all we can do most of the time is make it up as we go. But I’ll still share some of what I did:

- Meditation teaches you how to observe the feeling without acting on it. Eventually the feeling passes. I’m not an expert on it, but I’d like to get better.

- Cold showers. I just love how a cold shower feels. There’s some science behind it, but don’t know it off the top of my head.

- Reading. I like reading about Buddhism. It teaches how suffering (which includes desire) can be overcome.

- Taking extended breaks from social media. Wow, I really didn’t realize how much this would help. It keeps from seeing various triggers, and frankly, taught me how much time I waste on it.

- Abstaining from hook up apps.

- Limited my time on electronics and computers. I go outside or workout or anything else that will keep me away from idle time on my computer.

I haven’t noticed crazy superpowers, but there have been some benefits:

- More erections. I still suffer from PIED and the erections aren’t that strong, but they happen frequently.

- Greater attraction to real people.

- Better ability to cope with stresses without porn.

- Greater confidence.

- Overall, I’m happier.

I’m excited to see where this goes. I’m still doing hard mode August. I’m ready to take my fitness regimen, both physical and mental, to new levels.

More success stories to come

 

Good luck to you man