MILESTONE - 365 DAYS (no PMO) "monk mode"

It's so helpful learning about addiction and how it effects a lot of aspects of our lives.

For example I am still struggling with seeing escorts. And every time after seeing one I would go and get something fatty like a burger and fries, some fried chicken or some fish and chips. After reading about addiction and that eating fatty food is a dopamine hit because it's speaks to the oldest part of our brain for survival, I know that i'm trying to make myself feel better after seeing the escort.

This brain of ours is so clever.

 

Truly inspiring! There are so many benefits to success!

 

Wow! What a motivating post! I'm currently on Day 6 of a 90 day reboot (with the intention of never M'ing again) and your post gave me a lot of hope. Thank you!

 

Thanks, I'm working on it!!

 

Thanks For Sharing !
God Is Love .

 

I'm going to keep this in mind. I relapsed last night The fight begins again.

 

Magnificent!!

 

Absolutely inspiring brother...

 

Your story is really inspiring. Best of luck for 500 days.

 

Wow..i am too aiming for 365 days. Today is day 7 for me. I hope 1 day i will also write my success story like you and will not go to day 1

 

Wonderfully put. I found that seeing the different parts of the brain to be very helpful. On youtube, I suggest watching a 10-20 minute video on brain anatomy, and that gives enough detail to show how the various parts work. without it being overwhelmingly technical.

btw, I am an atheist and so don't really accept what you say about God etc. But it shows you that with this sort of stuff, believers and atheists have common ground.

 

A great success story, @LifeWorthLiving!!!

P.S. Your name reminds me of the telecast/tv show/book by Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen.

 

First of all congratulations on making it 1 year, reading stories like yours is what gives me motivation to keep going. Thank you for sharing your story, Ive also realized I need to read up more on addiction as some of the things you said here were new to me. congrats again! Heres to another year!

 

I didn't have a particular video in mind. But just go to youtube and search 'brain anatomy.' There are lots of videos of differing lengths, depending on how much detail you want.

 

Nothing to say but a kind thank you for this thread. I had never connected the dots about the procrastination bombs I often set for myself, which I then defuse at the last second and get high off the rush of near-disaster avoidance. The behavior has stuck out more and more as odd as I continue deeper into reboot, and now finally I have some valid insight into it. I'm not lazy and I never leave a task undone, so I was scratching my head about the procrastination.

Huge kudos for a great contribution to this community!

 

This is inspiring and helpful. My next goal is 60 days. Want to be one of those 500+ days guys.