Hi everyone, thought I'd introduce myself

Hey man, this is not easy but it does get easier. It's good that you identified your triggers. Mine are pretty much the same: hungover, stress, feeling bad about myself in general.
Growing in maturity and handling negative emotions better is what will keep you from relapsing. Avoiding exposure to triggers helps in the beginning.

Welcome, glad to have you in here!

 

Haha I didn't realize my signature was still there, it doesn't show up on mobile. I'm far from a 500 day streak, but counting days has proven to be counter-effective so I don't do it any more. Seeing my life improving each month may be more difficult to measure, but much more rewarding in the end.

 

Welcome bro!

I have a few general tips
First of all you can start a journal here Ages 30-39 | NoFap® I believe that to be very helpful, because you can use it as accountability and think twice before you take any decision and also you can help/inspire others!

Another advice that I can give you is to use this opportunity to not only remove this addiction, but become a Better person overall and learn to live your life again in a healthier way! Complementary to this I suggest to not count days, but make the days count!

Remember that you will Always regret it, but at the same time a relapse can be proven helpful if you learn something important that will help you on and a relapse is not a reset as the knowledge you gain don't go anywhere and the resistance against habit builds self-discipline, which also remains!

I also recommend learning about a very broad topic, which is dopamine and Why your brain is addicted to p, but it's also useful on other addictions too and it's a very enlightening thing to know about, also you can search for nofap pdf and read that too, it might be better for you actually, I started searching about that topic myself today and to be honest I was afraid to find out more about that as I didn't knew the result of learning about it, but it helps a lot!

Another thing I learned recently is that "urges" are brain suggestions based on your past habits, so change your habits and your mind will change its suggestions too! Also, stop listening to your mind as the only truth and when you feel stressed or frustrated know that that's good, it means you are evolving and your brain fears getting out of the comfort zone as its something new, but you should keep going!

Another recent lesson is that we shouldn't look at triggers as triggers all the time, because some of them are very pure and our excessive porn use is what makes it look like a trigger, but even if it isn't pure, it's our habit that makes us want to satisfy the need and back then I was young, but now I have a choice to how I will respond to it and I choose to think rationally!

Abstaining will leave a void in your life, so I suggest finding your way to deal with all the extra time and using it to your advantage!

And here's what I believe about everyone starting this journey
This journey Will be the best in your life and you Will get back all of the benefits, like believing in yourself again, self-confidence, self-discipline and time for greater things!

 

Yeah I have that too, but I started going to the park even though I now stopped for giving more time into my studies, but when I started going there and staying among others, it really helped me so I can suggest it.

As I said there is the nofap pdf, even though I'm not into reading, I started reading it a week ago and believe is a really valuable one as I too want to know more about addictions and the logic behind that.