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Congratulations on your seven weeks. I'm sorry you've slipped into relapse mode. I've been there myself for some time now, relapsing about twice every week. Right now I'm completing day four. I don't actually know what my longest record was.
I think it was about five months, though. I was completely rebooted, not interested in PMO or lusting after women. I lost that because I started tempting myself deliberately, and eventually gave in. About this time last year, I had a three month period free.
The first two and a half months were amazing. I was working hard, doing well at school, and really enjoying life. I can honestly say, that was the happiest period of my life since I was six years old. It was even better than the earlier five months, because I wasn't just committed to not fapping, I was committed to living.
Don't stop trying now. You've relapsed, but when you have something like seven weeks free, even a series of relapses can't take all your progress from you. Don't make the mistake of putting your head down to push through.
Lift your head up, enjoy life, and walk above the challenge. You'll have to fight at times, but mostly you can just distract yourself. There is something incomplete in all our lives that drives us to PMO. The key, it seems, is to fill that emptiness and be satisfied with the good things in your life.
I know I need more than what I've been doing lately, so I'm going to increase my prayers and reliance on God. I'm going to start going to a mass an extra time per week too.
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