3 months of no massage parlors!

Good stuff man glad to hear that! I indulged this past weekend after 5 months but no big deal. I'm going to be more strict about what I'm viewing and putting into my mind this time.

 

Hey man!! This is FANTASTIC!

I'm so happy to read this post...I'm approaching 60 days no escorts or massage parlors, which is absolutely mind boggling to me.

I take it one day at a time, incorporating a few simple recovery tools in my life each and every day. It works if I take action. Glad you are taking action and staying active in this community. We are a better place because of it.

Keep the sobriety going...one day at a time.

Wishing you the best, and again, congratulations on this very important milestone!

 

That's great!

Keep it up!

 

Been battling since I was around 12 or 13...in my 40s now. Originally started with porn in my teens. It quickly progressed to illicit massage by 18. By my 20s I was going on international sex vacations to all the popular places, late 20s early 30s progressed with massage parlors. Once I hit my 40s I got more in to the escorts and independents.

Side note, I'm married with children and a have very lucrative career. I have a lot to lose..but that never stopped me before. This addiction is cunning and baffling...and wants to destroy me.

I've been a member of this NoFap community for a little over 5 years.

Wishing you the best bro!

 

Wow that's great man! I never went a year without watching porn since I found out about it lol. For me I struggled to stopping using porn and have only gone 1 month max w/o it. Between 2019 and 2021 I didn't go to AMPs at all due to covid but now the temptation is there lurking. Currently don't even believe it's possible for me to go a whole year w/o viewing porn or fapping. As a single guy, I feel like I need a release at least once a month or I'd go insane. Honestly I have kind of a perverted mind so it would need to start there, detoxing my mind of from the lust and not browsing cam sites just to see who's on late at night.
Before I went to the AMP there were a few triggers. I was at a house party and this house, coincidentally, was near my fav AMP. There were also few friendly neighborhood big booty latinas hanging out and that got me going. So cutting out alcohol would help. No more strip clubs for me either. Currently my NoFap goal is 90 days and I realize it all comes down to discipline.

 

I have failed at this thing so many times, for so many years. I always set goals...30 days, 60, 45, 90 days, and so on. For me, the preset timed (streak) goals were an out...so even if I made it the 30 days I was already planning my relapse and binge at day 4.

This is the first time I made it past 30, let alone almost 60. The main difference is NOT setting time goals...but rather taking it one day at a time. It's much easier when I just try and make it through today, especially being a raging addict like I am.

There's hope bro, but recovery takes action. I actively work a program of recovery every single day of my life. I have to if I want to be sober. A few of the actions I take everyday are: updating my NoFap journal two times a day minimum, private messaging with multiple guys every single day, prayer/meditation, exercise, healthy eating, reading recovery literature, and actively reading and replying to others as much as I can.

Doing these few simple things, one day at a time, has made sobriety from escorts, amps, Street walkers, and everything else possible.

I encourage you to keep and update a journal two times a day if possible, communicate through private message every day with accountability partners, reading recovery literature, and whatever else that could help you keep recovery on the forefront of your brain. And lastly, setting daily goals is much easier and much less overwhelming than projecting way in to the future.

Just my opinion, but what has worked for me when nothing else has. Hit me up anytime.

Wishing you the best bro!

 

Not a problem! I consider myself spiritual and have a belief in a higher power. However, I had a confusing upbringing which has partially influenced my inability to sign on to one specific religious camp...if that makes sense.